| He said
"I think we will still have the better
tyre.Maybe not to the extent we saw
in Australia, but I disagree completely with the
idea that Bridgestone will
not be competitive in Malaysia.
This opinion is based
on last year, when
the Bridgestones suffered a bit in the hot weather
in the early part of the season." |
| "At
the beginning of last
year, there was definitely a gap between us and
Michelin. But by the mid-season the gap
had closed." |
| Schumacher
believes that the Magny-Cours
race, when the Prancing Horse driver scored
his fiftieth win, proved that Ferrari had
overcome any potential problem. |
| "At
the French GP, we were more
than competitive, even if the so-called experts
believed the opposite prior to the race.
That's why I'm very optimistic
about the Malaysian race. I am sure
we will be in contention for the win.
In Australia, we saw that our car is not inferior
to our rivals' 2002 cars, both in
general and specifically, in terms of speed," |
| "It
is an advantage knowing our car so well,
because we did a perfect job working
on set-up over the weekend. I don't see
why things should be different in Malaysia, especially
in the unique conditions we
will encounter there. I am in total agreement
with the team's decision,
even if testing results with the new car have
been very encouraging." |
| "It
is very important to get used to the Malaysian
climate," |
| "Sepang
is definitely the toughest and most demanding
race physically. That's why
we decided not to return to Europe. When
I had said, in the
Melbourne press conference, that we would
be testing in Italy before the second
race, I was referring to the team
and the two test drivers, Luca Badoer and Luciano
Burti." |
|
Michael
and his wife Corinna have been in Malaysia since
last weekend, after spending a few days on the
Australian coast.
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