Lewis Hamilton’s father, Anthony Hamilton, believes his son could secure his third title with several races remaining if things go his way this year.
The Mercedes driver eventually won the battle between himself and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to clinch the 2014 title at the final race of the season, but had reliability been in his favour, his father reckons the title would have been decided much earlier.
Should Mercedes construct another strong car and maintain their advantage, he sees no reason why it couldn’t happen this year.
“You never know, but I think if you look at what Lewis went through last year, we started the year where we felt that if everything had gone well, by mid-year he probably would have won the championship,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think the same thing could potentially happen this year – if he starts well, if the car is good, performance is good, I think Lewis could win the championship again this year.”
However Anthony knows Rosberg won’t give Lewis an easy time when the pair rekindle their battle, as he expects the German will come back stronger following his defeat.
“I am expecting 150 per cent extra from Nico this year,” he said.
“I think he’ll come with a different mind-set, a different approach, a different understanding of Lewis and how to beat Lewis – because it is difficult to beat Lewis, he’s a mercenary when it comes down to it.
“I think Nico has probably gone back to the drawing board and had a re-think, because no one is unbeatable, you’ve just got to find the right way.”
