Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has Michael Schumacher to win this Sunday's European Grand Prix in Valencia.

Schumacher has scored just two points this season following a series of reliability problems and has finished only two races, having retired because of car failure from four others.

However Brawn believes that the former world champion can end a run of bad luck by becoming the eighth winner of the eight race of the campaign on Sunday.

"There's every opportunity that at the next race in Valencia we're going to have an eighth winner," Brawn said.

"There are some very quick drivers in very quick cars who have not won a race yet - think of Michael in our car.

"I expect Valencia to be a reasonably good track for us and I expect us to be competitive as we have been in most of the races this season."

Schumacher's highest race position this season have been two 10th-placed finishes in Malaysia and Bahrain.