Juan Pablo confident prior to Australian GP

By Andrew Hooper
March 2 2004

	Juan Pablo confident
	Can BMW WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya win in Australia, well we won't know that answer until Sunday afternoon this weekend. But as he prepares for the race Juan Pablo is confident that he can come away with a victory. In an interview for Gazzetta dello Sport Juan Pablo said: "In the last few weeks I've often been asked if we can win in Australia? Well, the answer is a definitive yes, we can win from the start. We come from a very good winter, with a car that was fast from the beginning, contrary to what happened last year. "The two months we had to develop the FW26 allowed us to make important improvements. The team worked hard and the results are there to see." Who does Juan Pablo see as the man to beat in 2004, well Ferrari's Michael Schumacher is at the top of his list but he does feel that Michael can be beaten. Juan Pablo added: "Michael is a great driver: what he's won speaks for itself. But in the end he's human too, and as such he can be beaten. And that's what I'll try to do this year. I've matured and I finally have a car that should enable me to do it. "I expected that the new Ferrari would be fast; I would have been surprised of the contrary. Anyway, it wasn't as fast as many have said: the weather conditions in Imola were too special to be able to express absolute judgement. "However, Ferrari remains the team to beat. But us and McLaren, who have gone back and forth from records to problems, will be breathing down their necks."

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