Lewis Hamilton heads to the Austrian Grand Prix on the back of a difficult weekend in Azerbaijan, where he started tenth after crashing out in qualifying and was only able to recover to fifth position after struggling with a setting on his Mercedes.
The Briton insists there is no point dwelling on the past and has therefore put the performance behind him to focus on Austria, where he says he must do a better job on the Saturday to put him in a position to win on Sunday.
"Baku started out great but, clearly, it just wasn’t meant to be that weekend," he said. "It’s a shame I wasn’t really in the race – but there’s no point talking about ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’. It’s one to put behind me, take the positives in terms points on the board and move on.
"We’ve got an old school track there in Spielberg. It’s fast, with a good flow to it. It’s tough to overtake but there are places you can try something different so that’s a good challenge," he explained.
"It’s definitely a big advantage starting up front there, though, so I need to get back on it in qualifying and do a better job than last time out.
"Austria is a beautiful country and I always enjoy my time there, so it would be great to get a win there and tick it off the list. That’s the aim, as always, so let’s see how it goes."
Meanwhile Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg is hoping to make it three from three as he looks to extend his championship lead.
"Now we go to Austria, which has been a real strength for us as a team in the past two years. It’ll be tough against the Williams cars in particular, as they’ve pushed us hard there before. But I think our Silver Arrow is still definitely the best package on the grid and I can’t wait to see what it can do in Spielberg.
"To have two wins from two races at any track is pretty special, so if I could make it three in three that would be awesome."
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