Schumacher: Renault offer changes nothing

Schumacher's manager Willi Weber revealed a couple of days ago that the reigning world champions are interested in signing the seven-time world champion.

The German's contact with Ferrari ends at the end of this year, and he has yet to decide if he wants to continue racing, and if so - if he wants to stay with the Italian outfit, after eleven years there.

But when asked yesterday at Barcelona about Renault's offer, Schumacher told autosport.com: "Obviously, there are some teams who are interested in me. But that is the way it is, and nothing has changed, honestly."

Schumacher and Ferrari had a lacklustre season last year, after they dominated the sport for more than half a decade. And the 2006 season has not started off too well, either.

But the German believes the team will turn around their luck at the upcoming San Marino Grand Prix, as he expects new car and tyre developments to allow them to win the Imola race.

"We are looking forward to coming to Imola with a much better package," Schumacher said. "With this package, and this car, we can win the race in Imola.

"We have worked on the aerodynamics, on the tyres, and the set-up. We completely optimised our package."

Schumacher added that the team's problems at the Australian Grand Prix, where neither Ferrari driver finished the race after struggling for pace throughout the weekend, were down to a wrong tyre choice and therefore not symptomatic to Ferrari's competitiveness this season.

"I think we only didn't work in Australia in particular, because the car was working very well in Bahrain," he said.

"In Australia, we made a mistake on the tyres - only the tyres, which is why I'm very confident that we found solutions for Imola that put us at the top."