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    Webber: Rosberg will deliver

    Williams driver Mark Webbre is expecting good results from his new teammate Nico Rosberg next season. "He knows what he's got to do and he will deliver. I'm very, very sure of that," Webber told Reuters. 

    "He's ready to go. He has done well to get the race seat and I think it's something he deserves and it's good for the team," he said. "In all the testing he's done he doesn't make any mistakes and he's been very solid.

    "No-one can look in the crystal ball and see the end result, who knows? Jenson (Button) was very young and did a fantastic job as was Kimi (Raikkonen). Those guys were right there right away with very limited experience. Nico is of a similar level I suppose, so he'll be strong."

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    'Only a stupid man would write Schumi off'

    The former voice of Formula One, Murray Walker, has warned against writing Michael Schumacher off which is what many have done now that he's lost the World title. Schumacher five-year reign came to an end in 2005 when Renault driver Fernando Alonso clinched the Drivers' title ahead of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.

    Schumacher could only manage third place as Ferrari and their tyre supplier Bridgestone struggled to come to terms with the revised regulations.

    Both the new 2005 Drivers' Champion and the runner-up won seven grands prix during the campaign while Schumacher claimed just one victory, which came at the six-car United States Grand Prix.

    The Ferrari driver's lack of form this past season has led many to proclaim that the 36-year-old's over the hill and will never win another title.

    Walker, though, disagrees.

    "The ill-informed are gleefully pointing out that Schumacher is over the hill and past it which is incredibly stupid," Murray told ITV.

    "Schumacher's problem in 2005 was not Michael Schumacher, it was Ferrari and the tyres."

    "And they will have been stung into action."

    "Their pride will have been very badly hurt this season. I mean Italy is Ferrari and Ferrari is Italy and they have both taken a severe knocking in '05."

    But just because Walker believes Schumacher and Ferrari will return to winning-ways next season doesn't mean you should bet your house on it because, as the former F1 commentator admits, even he's been wrong before.

    "They will be back - or should be back in 2006," he added.

    "But then I remember that at the beginning of 2005 I did a big preview article for F1 Racing in which I confidently said that you can forget about everybody but Schumacher because he will blow them all away."

    "How wrong can you be?"

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