Webber predicts: Michael will lose crown in 2004.

Jaguar number one driver, Mark Webber has predicted that Formula One will have a new champion in 2004, and that Ferrari super star, Michael Schumacher will not win his seventh crown.

Speaking at the launch of the new 2004 Jaguar R5 yesterday in Spain, Webber told British newspaper The Times, that Michael will be deposed this season and that Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo Montoya or Ralf Schumacher will replace him as champion.

"I think we will definitely have a new champion this year," the Australian told the broadsheet, "Michael will be deposed and I think Kimi [R?ikk?nen] will give it a real shout and either of the Williams drivers will be right up there.

"It is going to be a tough year for Michael because the momentum will be with the other two teams, even though Ferrari did well in the last two races of last season.

"Michael did a phenomenal job last year to scrape it out of the bottom of the canyon and get the championship."