Berlin, Feb 5: Whatever Fernando Alonso says, Lewis Hamilton disagrees. It seems like that as Hamilton doesn't think that F1 legend Michael Schumacher will be a force to reckon with this season. Earlier Alonso had singled out Schumacher as his biggest rival this season.

Reuters quoted Hamilton as saying, "He's a seven-times world champion so you have to assume he will be at his best this year if he wants to be, and if his car and his team have done a good job... Personally I don't think it's going to be much different to the previous season but he can easily prove us wrong."

Seven-times world champion Schumacher made a lack-lustre return to F1 in 2010 as he was convincingly beaten by comfortably beaten by younger team mate Nico Rosberg.

Schumacher who had a long association with Ferrari is now with the Mercedes GP team.

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