The McLaren driver entered this year’s Championship with three goals in mind: win in Monaco, win in Britain and win the world title. Now having achieved two of those he has set his sights on clinching number three.
After nine races the Brit is tied with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen on 48 points in the Championship. Hamilton, however, takes the lead as even though all his results are the same as Massa’s, he has one P10 finish to the Brazilian’s DNF.
“It is straight back to work for me. I have a World Championship to win,” the McLaren driver said.
“I’ve ticked off Monaco, I’ve ticked off my home Grand Prix. Now I’ve got to tick off the world championship,” he said.
“Winning the British Grand Prix has given me a massive boost for the rest of the season,” added Hamilton.
“This was the biggest challenge of my life. I really showed my pedigree, showed everyone I mean business. It shows it doesn’t matter what happens. I can keep my nerve. It was my best ever. I’ve never felt as good.
“It gives me great momentum. It was sweeter than Monaco for sure. It felt fantastic to lap Kimi. It was a day to be fearless and I was. It shows everyone what I can do. Racing is made for days like this.”
Triple champion Sir Jackie Stewart believes so too. “It demonstrated that he’s unquestionably the best wet-weather driver of this current generation,” he said.
He admitted: “It’s awesome but I also feel humbled.
“To be included up there with greats such as Jackie Stewart and Ayrton Senna, not that I would claim that myself, is one of the reasons I’ve pushed so hard throughout my motorsport career.”
McLaren boss Ron Dennis said: “Lewis is hard on himself and that’s part of the problem. He knows the team works hard and if he feels he hasn’t done his bit, then he says so.
“Because he beats himself up it’s not as productive as I would like, but that is part of the management challenge.
“But then you can see what he is like because he went out and drove a pretty faultless race.”
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