(GMM) Ferrari’s president thinks Michael Schumacher is capable of reclaiming the F1 title.

Speaking to Italian press at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, Luca di Montezemolo defied suggestions that the 37-year-old German is shaping up to quit the sport he has dominated for a full decade.

‘’If you ask me,'’ the Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport, ‘’it does not look like Michael is at the end of his career — it seems he is at the beginning.'’

Montezemolo suggested that a former champion in his twilight years would not be as keen as Schumacher to test all winter.

He said: ‘’Michael tested personally in Bahrain, today he is at Mugello for a race simulation, he has been in Valencia and Fiorano.

‘’He is fully concentrated.'’

So, Mr Montezemolo; will your red cars be on top again in 2006, after a Renault and McLaren trouncing last year?

‘’I always say that we must win,'’ he told a reporter, ‘’but I know that it is not so simple — everyone must push to the absolute maximum. I am happy that at least we have more normal rules this time.'’

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