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Schumacher talks up his chances

Reponding to criticism in the Italian press, Michael blames his lack of wins - with fourth place in Australia being followed by sixth in Malaysia and then crashing out of the race in Brazil - as much on a run of poor luck as on a lack of competitiveness from his Ferrari F2002

"I'm not as concerned by the situation as people might think," Michael is quoted as saying in this week's Autosport. "As long as we can understand why something happened, I can live with mistakes or technical failures. And we know exactly what happened in Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur and Sao Paulo, and since we judge events in a different way than the public might do, we remain calm.

"If I look back at the first three races then I don't see anything that we could have changed other than our luck for things to be better. To change anything would be counterproductive in my eyes."

The race debut of the F2003-GA, scheduled originally for this coming weekend, has had to be put back to later in the season following a run of poor reliability in recent tests. Last time out, at Mugello, both Michael and then team-mate Rubens Barrichello were hit by engine failures. The team has said that until reliability has improved, it will stick with the F2002.

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