'Aggressive' Mercedes targets wins in 2011
Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg are bullish about their prospects © Sutton Images
Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg said they want to be challenging for race wins in 2011 after the launch of the Mercedes GP W02 in Valencia on Tuesday.
After a disappointing return to the sport in 2010, seven-time world champion Schumacher is looking forward to starting racing again with the aim of getting back to a more familiar position on the podium.
"I very much look forward to the new season," said Schumacher. "We have said it several times already but again, we are really to building up something big together. I am very confident that this season we will be standing on the podium much more regularly; ideally in the middle."
Nico Rosberg, who regularly outperformed his illustrious team-mate in 2010, also harbours ambitious goals for 2011.
"I am very much looking forward to having a much stronger season than last year and as always, our targets are aggressive," he said. "We want to be competing at the front and challenging for race wins. Everyone at our factories in Brackley and Brixworth has worked extremely hard on the new Silver Arrow and we are all looking forward to seeing how it performs."
And team boss Ross Brawn echoed the sentiments of his drivers in stating the importance of making a strong start to the season. "We want to be setting the standard right from the start but if we are not, we will respond very strongly to get ourselves into the game. Everyone is excitedly waiting to see what the new season will reveal.
"With a good technical structure and a strengthened race engineering organisation, both at the factory and the race track, I am confident that we have done and will continue to do a better job this year in all key areas."
Credit: ESPN F1 (espn.com)
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