Ferrari well prepared - Schumi - 3rd March 18:27pm GMT

Michael Schumacher believes Ferrari have the pace to match the likes of Renault and Honda despite running into some weather problems at both Bahrain and Mugello.

"Once again we were a little unlucky with the weather today, it was too cold and too wet, so we haven't been able to do much and took an early lunch-break. But yesterday it was very nice here at Mugello, so we had no problems completing a whole race-distance. We were happy with the car's speed before, and now we can be satisfied with the reliability as well.

Of course we would have liked to have driven more kilometres at Bahrain, but our solutions for the problems we incurred there have proven to be adequate, as the last couple of days have shown. It was definitely helpful to test there, especially regarding the set-up and choice of tyres - it is, after all, the track where the first race will take place. But the tests at Mugello helped us make progress as well.

We should be well prepared for the start of the season, and we should be one of the leading four teams. Renault is still making the best impression so far, followed by Honda, Mercedes, and ourselves. But we'll have to wait until the season gets underway to find out if that's true. We have not decided yet, how much longer we will be testing here. I'm willing to do anything that's necessary."