Still, Schumacher is remaining confident as always and will be hoping to repeat his form from 2005 where he claimed his only win of the year, albeit in somewhat fortuitous circumstances.
?In my opinion, I think that we will be competitive although I cannot say for sure how we will do compared to our adversaries. The race will be on a track that none of us have tested on and this means that things always turn out differently to how we expect. For Indianapolis, the set up has to be a sort of compromise as there are long straights mixed with tricky stretches.
?It is not very easy but we have always done well here. This year, I do not expect our car to have any problems with the set up. Further, the great thing about Speedway is that overtaking is possible.
?The title challenge is not over and until it is, we will do all that we can to change the current situation. We will see what we can do. In any case, I am looking forward to the race. We want to put on a show for the fans".
A surprisingly unique strategy for
Felipe Massa in Canada made his fifth place from tenth on the grid look like a strong performance but it remains to be seen whether going for a more traditional two-stop strategy and not compromising your grid position would have proved any better for him.
As it happens, Massa added four more points to his tally and has now leapfrogged
Juan Pablo Montoya in the drivers? standings in fifth place. It will no doubt be a position he will be hoping to maintain at Indianapolis.
Toyota ? Ralf Schumacher (#7), Jarno Trulli (#8):
Although many teams came away from last year?s United States Grand Prix disappointed, few were as frustrated as Toyota having seen Jarno Trulli claim their first ever pole position and then watch as they were forced to watch it come to nothing.
As it happens though, it was Ralf Schumacher in the second Toyota that had highlighted the deficiencies in the Michelin tyres when he crashed heavily in practice. The chain reaction that followed saw Trulli miss out on a potentially landmark result for the team.
