New car for Schumacher

Michael Schumacher is relishing the prospect of finally getting his hands on his new Ferrari in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. The German is confident the F2003-GA will prove reliable after the team delayed its introduction because of problems during testing.

"I'm looking forward to the new car," Schumacher said. "We know that it is faster than the old car and when you're a driver, you never can get enough speed. I know that I can totally rely on the people at Ferrari and I'm certain the car will be competitive."

The 2003 car is expected to be an improvement on last year's model in which Schumacher triumphed at the last grand prix in Italy nine days ago.