MELBOURNE // Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion, believes Mercedes has made "huge" progress with its car and is ready to challenge for podiums but has written off the team's championship hopes three days before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
"Mercedes has done a huge step forward with this year's car, it's a very performance-orientated car and it has paid out," said Schumacher, who lapped fastest in the final preseason test in Barcelona after the car initially seemed sluggish and plagued with reliability problems.
"I think this year our target and our realistic possibility is to fight for podiums and if things go very well, maybe to win a race," the German said in Melbourne
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