Lewis Hamilton is adamant Mclaren are the strongest team in Formula One, and the reason why he will quickly be back in the hunt for wins.
Hamilton produced one of the performances of his career to finish third in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix from 18th on the grid, and in a car he revealed afterwards is the worst he has driven.
McLaren have made no secret of their mistakes in the design of the car, and that around Melbourne's Albert Park proved difficult for reigning world champion Hamilton to handle.
Given the back-to-back nature of the opening two races, Hamilton has already made it clear there will be little or no improvement for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.
But you cannot shake his fundamental belief McLaren will find a way of correcting their faults sooner rather than later because, as he said: "We haven't forgotten how to win.
"In fact, we're a world-class team, while we're not yet at the front, everything within the McLaren Technology Centre is equipped to help us get back there as quickly as possible.
"From the strategists, the manufacturing capacity, the management, the mechanics - everybody has what it takes to win grands prix and world championships.
"That's why I'm so confident that we'll get back to the front soon.
"I think we are the strongest team in Formula One, and I know just how hard we are focusing on improving our car.
"That's why I feel so confident our performance will improve."
Allied to Hamilton's natural ability, then McLaren are in with a shout of proving their star driver correct.
Circumstances played into Hamilton's hands in Melbourne, but he too played his part with a drive that resulted in team principal Martin Whitmarsh describing it as one of a world champion.
"I learnt to never, ever, ever, give up," said Hamilton, when asked as to the lessons he carried with him out of the race.
"We showed in Brazil last year we would always fight until the very end, and we showed it again in Melbourne. I'll never give up when I'm in the cockpit.
"I want to race as hard as I can and I'm looking forward to getting closer to the front and mixing it with the leaders again."
Sadly, he knows that will definitely not be happening in Malaysia this weekend unless lady luck is riding with him.
Again discounting his chances, he added: "As this is the second of two back-to-back flyaway races, it's difficult for any team to make big changes to the car when it's so far away from the factory and there's so little time.
"Also, technically speaking, Sepang is a harder test of a Formula One car than Albert Park, so we can't realistically expect a repeat of the result we saw in Melbourne.
"But we're targeting upgrades and improvements at every race, so I hope they'll have a benefit.
"I know people are hoping for a night-and-day change in our car's pace, but that's not going to happen this coming weekend."