Bruni Ready for Title, Says Coloni

Coloni, who has worked on and off with Bruni since the driver was sixteen years old, rates the ex-Minardi driver as one of the best he has worked with in his many years of team management. When asked if Bruni could win the title, Coloni said: "I think yes, because he's the best driver.

"He's the best driver, and we have done a really good job, so the only problem is reliability."

Reliability problems have caused problems throughout the grid, but Coloni believes that the engineering staff he has this year, including ex-Sauber designer Sergio Rinland, will be able to resolve them.

With just 30 minutes of track time before qualifying set up time is at a premium, but Coloni believes that Bruni will shine in this regard: "So far I am happy with that because at Barcelona on lap one we were already at 90% of what became the fastest lap, and that is very important."

Bruni's teammate Mathias Lauda has had a troubled off-season, and has already been cast as a supporting player to Bruni, but Coloni believes that it is still possible for the Austrian to turn around his performance: "I think that he has the skill to do it, but of course it is a new formula and he has had a few problems that meant he couldn't be running.

"I think he has a great potential. Of course he needs to adapt himself a little bit, and we hope that we can give him some benefit from Gimmi, and to use the experience Mathias had from last year [in Formula 3000]."