Lewis Hamilton is looking forward to the faster tracks on the calendar, such as Turkey, Canada, Silverstone and Suzuka, where he is confident his MP4-25 will perform well.
The McLaren driver has been a little unlucky so far this season, having encountered qualifying errors, strategy problems and reliability issues.
In Spain he dropped 18 points after retiring from second place due to a wheel rim failure on the penultimate lap. Despite this, he remains upbeat with his performances having overtaken more cars than any other driver this season.
“I know that I’ve raced to the best of my ability on every single lap of every single race, and that I got the maximum out of the car, so I’m satisfied with my performance, even if I’ve been a bit unlucky,” he told the official F1 website.
“It would be nice to have more points, yes, but I don’t think it’s something we should be too concerned about right now – there are plenty more races, and we have lots of opportunities to close the gap.”
A development race has begun as Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes look to end Red Bull’s dominance. Hamilton revealed that the Woking based team have some ideas as to what they need to do to catch RBR.
“It’s more important that we plan to break the stranglehold at the front than look back at what might have been. And that’s exactly what this team has always done, and what we’re doing now.
“We’re confident that we know what needs to be done to get back to the front,” explained Hamilton. “We’ve got some developments in the pipeline.
“In any case, we’re a lot more confident about what our pace will be like at tracks like Istanbul, Canada and Silverstone – we think our package will be a lot more competitive at those places, particularly in race pace, which has always been our strength.”
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