Ferrari's Michael Schumacher admitted that his car may have looked smoother and easier to drive than it might eventually turn out if he was pushed to the limit consistently throughout a Grand Prix.
"The new car is certainly a step forwards, and every time a car takes a step forward, most of the time, it's somehow easier to drive because it's more consistent," Schumacher explained. "If you take a car from some years ago, then those cars were more tricky to drive because they weren't so consistent, which makes it look hairy. But then, I don't know what's your reference, whether you looked at the very end, or at the beginning, because at the beginning, it was a lot more difficult, as we were pushing much harder, compared to at the end. So I don't know when you were looking. At the end, we weren't that much on the limit, so it may have looked smoother than it actually was."
Schumacher warned against any early celebrations as he expects to face a tougher challenge in a fortnight's time in Malaysia. He also denied that the result here would start a season like 2002 when he and Ferrari dominated throughout the season."I think if we'd a clean race here last year, I think we would have seen a similar situation to today, in my view, because the sort of time gap we had was about that much so that's why I'm always mentioning Malaysia," Schumacher said. "I think that (race) shows the true picture a little bit more (as opposed) to what it is now because actually it's completely ideal for us and maybe not so ideal for our competitors' tyres or cars."
"As Malaysia is not optimum for us, it will shows us better where we are going to be this season. If we can compete there, then we are going to be looking very strong. If we are sort of hanging behind then maybe it's going to be a little bit more tough," he concluded.
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