Schumi rubbishes talk of a BMW challenge

Michael Schumacher has rubbished talk of BMW challenging for this year's Constructors' title, saying the fight is between Ferrari and McLaren.

An impressive start to the season that has yielded two runner-up finishes has bolstered talk of BMW joining the hunt for this year's World titles.

In fact the German outfit has had a better start to the season than Ferrari, having bagged 19 points to Ferrari's 11 in the first two races of the Championship.

But despite this Schumacher reckons only two teams, Ferrari and McLaren, have a realistic chance of winning the title.

"BMW here and there will have a few highlights, maybe more than we think, but calculating all things, I believe, no, they cannot sustain it over the season," he told Reuters.

"I believe it is a straight fight between Ferrari and McLaren. There will be no other team fighting realistically towards the end of the Championship."