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Robert Kubica insists Renault's goal for the Championship is not to beat Mercedes GP, it's to "beat everybody".

With McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari ahead of the chasing pack, Renault'sclosest rivals in this year's title fight are Mercedes GP, who currently hold a 29-point advantage over Kubica's outfit.

The two teams have traded blows with Kubica and Nico Rosberg the main antagonists in a battle that currently sees Rosberg hold a one-point lead over the Renault driver having finished sixth to his seventh in Canada.

Now, looking ahead to this weekend's European GP, Kubica admits the goal is not to just beat Mercedes, it's to beat everyone to the chequered flag.

"It would be good to beat everybody, not just Mercedes!" Kubica said.

"The gap to the front of the field is not so big, but we still have to gain a lot of ground, and we can only do that if we keep pushing andkeep working.

"We will have a new package on the car this weekend, and we hope that will bring us another step forward. But every team will be bringing updates, so it will depend how much they bring and how much they improve.

"In Valencia, anything could happen, and we need to wait and see if the order is shuffled and how we will perform compared to Mercedes."

Kubica also is a fan of the Valencia circuit, something he acknowledges many of his rivals are not.

"I know a lot of other drivers don't think the same way, but I enjoy driving there. It's quite an interesting circuit because it's half-street circuit, half-modern circuit.

"The characteristics are quite similar to Canada, because most of the corners are slow speed, so you concentrate on braking stability and good traction - which should suit our car because we are strong in these areas.

"We run a higher level of downforce than in Canada, but you still need good aerodynamic efficiency because the speeds are high at four points of the lap." PLANETF1