Michael
Schumacher is confident his Ferrari team
are back on top of their game and ready
to fight for this year's titles.
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He
told Gazzetta dello Sport "The car
seems very good and competitive to me,
After some initial difficulties the situation
now has definitely improved. Let's hope
we are at the same level as our rivals.
We are quick but it looks like the others
are too."
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"On top of that we are also reliable
now. On Tuesday we completed two Grand
Prix distances without any problems whatsoever
and at a good pace. In general, we would
have liked to do more kilometres but it
was important to solve certain problems,
and we have."
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The
seven-time World Champion, who last year
endured a nightmare season after five
drivers' titles in a row, admitted his
sole target for this season is to regain
his crown.
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He
added "Our objective can't be anything
but winning the championship, and we've
all worked very hard for that, It will
be a long, tough season but it will be
important to get several points from the
beginning and not lose any like it happened
since the start last year."
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"There
are three, four teams very close to each
other, and without putting them in order
I say Renault, Honda and McLaren. Obviously
besides Ferrari, which we hope can be
back fighting evenly with the very best,
maybe by staying in front of them as we
were able to show we could do for many
years. "
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"It
will be important to be convinced we can
go quick from the start and be able to
win, in order to immediately warn our
rivals Ferrari are back." |
Michael
Shumacher is optimistic of a strong start
to the season and reckons Ferrari will
benefit from having tested at Bahrain
before the season-opening race next week.
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He
said "Absolutely, because it was
hot and because we'll have the first race
there, [so it's] an advantage in setting
up the cars and studying how to plan the
race, As for the tyres, we and Bridgestone
have worked and are working hard and well." |
"There's
clearly always room improvement but we
are very confident we're undoubtedly in
a better situation compared to last year." |
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