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Rosberg hopes to close gap with BMW

The Williams Formula 1 team showed during the test sessions this winter it made some good progress. The team finished 2007 in fourth position, 18 points behind on Renault. In the upcoming season Rosberg hopes the team can close the gap with BMW and get ahead of Renault.

Speaking about the team's objectives he said: "First of all, the goal is for the team to progress as a whole and take a step forward from 2007. Because we've worked together for a while now, we all know each other better so we need to take that and use it to our advantage. From a championship perspective, to move up in the overall Constructors' standings is one of our main priorities."

And even though the team is moving forward, it is still too early to expect a championship fight in the next two or three years probably. "It's difficult to answer that categorically, but we're definitely on the right track," Rosberg said when asked if the team could clinch the title in the next two or three years. "The team has recruited some strong people over the past few years to consolidate the existing structure and that has helped us to make some good progress. The new rules which will come in next year will also wipe the slate clean which should give us a big chance to enter that realm."

Rosberg believes the championship fight this season though will be mainly between Ferrari and McLaren. "It'll be Ferrari and McLaren at the front again, then probably BMW behind them.
We should be closer to the BMWs this year, but it will be really close with us
and the rest of the midfielders," Rosberg believes.

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