Can Jarno Trulli TRULY win the 2008 F1 Racing Title once the new F1 season kicks off in Melbourne?

That's a resounding NO. N-O, NO. But for the sake of this story, let's see why he thinks so.

In case you didn't know, the brand new 2008 F1 season is merely a few weeks away with the first race kicking off in Melbourne (as always...) on March 16. Until then, all F1 drivers this season is looking to win the title. Like this guy for example.

Jarno Trulli of Toyota believes their new TF108 is powerful enough to challenge the likes of Renault and BMW. Hell, the guy's so confident that he even believes they can challenge the top dogs as well, that's Ferrari and McLaren - Mercedes, for the 2008 F1 championship.

''I don't know how the others are doing, but it seems to me the Ferrari is really quick,'' Jarno Trulli said. ''Some have said the Championship is already over.''

''The season is long, but if a team like Ferrari start this well it won't be easy to make up the lost ground. I expect Ferrari and McLaren in front, and behind them I hope there can be Toyota too, along with Renault and BMW. I want to believe in it.''

''I think the Ferrari can be around half a second faster than the McLaren, with the others behind. This is just my opinion, it's not based on real data. I think we can do better than last year, which wasn't good for us. First of all let's start over again in a better direction. With a potential like Toyota's great things can be done. We need to believe in it and maybe it'll take time.''

The 33-year-old Trulli is upbeat about the TF108 and only had positive feedback after recent tests.

''I'm happy because the car compared to last year is definitely better," he added. "I'm much more confident: in Bahrain we went rather well, also because we were up against Ferrari, and in my opinion they go really really quick.''

''I'm confident, the team have worked well and the car, as I said in Jerez, is a totally new car and several problems we had last year have been solved. There's more stability, it's easier to work.''

''There are other problems but they can be solved little by little. The basis is definitely better. Now we'll have to carry on developing it throughout the year.''

Who will win the 2008 F1 Drivers Championship? Bodog Sportsbook has the odds.

Kimi Raikkonen 2.75

Lewis Hamilton 3.00

Fernando Alonso 7.00

Felipe Massa 7.00

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