Michael Schumacher is confident he, and the Mercedes team will be competitive next season.
The seven-time world champion made his comeback at the start of the 2010 season, with many F1 pundits predicting he’d be fighting for the title or at worst, beating his team-mate.
However, he has managed neither. Fellow German driver and team-mate, Nico Rosberg, has accrued 94 points to Schumacher’s 38, a massive 56 point gap, whilst Mercedes remain fourth in the constructors’ hunt, 180 points behind Red Bull.
Schumacher though is confident the problems experienced this season won’t transfer through to the next.
“The fact is that I feel comfortable in the situation and I believe that we are moving in the right direction to ensure that next year we will be real contenders,” he said at a sponsor event for DVAG.
“The team is now working harder than ever so we will be able to fight for the championship in 2011.”
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