Lewis Hamilton is defiant that he can still be crowned World Champion come the end of the season, despite an ever decreasing lead in the drivers’ standings.
“My determination is as high as it can be and it’s the same for Jenson, Martin and everyone in the team,” he told the BBC. “We want to win the championship and we are doing everything in our power to win it.”
Hamilton currently leads by 14 points ahead of his team-mate, Jenson Button, with the duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel a further seven points behind.
That lead has continued to shrink ever since the European GP, three rounds ago, and is likely to get smaller on Sunday after the McLaren’s qualified over 1.8 seconds off the pace in fifth and eleventh.
“You don’t really think about the championship until the moment that it really, really matters,” he said. “That is, when you are just about to win or you are just about to lose it. It has always been my approach. I don’t think about the critical result and how that affects the championship.”
The 25-year-old did admit that his job is getting harder as Red Bull open up a massive speed advantage.
“Of course if we continue for the rest of the season and we are one second behind then inevitably it will be very hard for us to win the championship.”
