By role
April 23 2004

Italian Jarno Trulli attended yesterday press conference with the ideas clear of who is knowadays the best team of the grid. Renault is currently second on the Constructors championship but still 29 points away of the dominant Ferrari Team. Michael Schumacher said at the start of the season that they feared Renault more than any other team. After three races it does not seem Ferrari has anyone to fear though Renault is the team trailing the on the standings.

"Let's say that Ferrari was definitely right in terms that we are second in the championship so we've proved that obviously we've got a good package, we've done very well in the first three races. But it's also very clear that Ferrari is a very strong team, it's got a very strong car with two strong drivers, so they are leading the championship with quite a big gap. But we are second in the Constructors' championship and this is the most important thing for us. We know that we have a lot of work to do ahead of us, to keep this position to the end of the championship. We've got 15 races to go, still a long way, still a lot to do, especially because teams like Williams, like McLaren, like BAR, they can all do very well. Actually BAR and Williams are strong and I'm sure McLaren will recover from these disappointing first three races." He said.

However, the Italian knows that Monza is not the best track for Renault to challenge the Scuderia as it has never been the favorite track of the Anglo French team.

"Actually we've got some updates here, because we know that this is the first race in Europe and Imola has always been our ‘black' spot. We've never really performed very well here. We know that our car doesn't really suit this circuit but on the other hand, more than ever we are confident because we have a new engine development, which is quite a big step and some new bits on the aerodynamic side, so we are definitely confident that we can turn this black weekend around." He added. "...they've updated some things as well so it's not going to be easy to catch them. Anyway, every weekend we all try to stop their domination. Actually, at the moment, no one has succeeded but we will try, we will try."