Hamilton: I'm not giving up yet
Lewis Hamilton insists he has no intention of giving up his fight for the world title and says he is unconcerned by his recent poor form at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 23-year-old, who lost out on the title in the final race of last season, crashed during practice in Sakhir before finishing 13th after suffering a nightmare start to the race.
The McLaren driver will hope to bounce back next weekend with victory in Barcelona when the Grand Prix circus arrives in Spain for the European leg of the season.
And the Briton insists there is still plenty of time left for him to challenge for the title and whittle away at the five-point gap between him and current champion and championship leader Kimi Raikkonen.
He told F1.com: "There is still a long way to go, we saw last year how Kimi came from a long way back and that demonstrated how anything can happen.
"We have a good package and the team has been working very hard to make sure we continue to improve. I have learnt from my mistakes, and I have certainly not ruled out the opportunity to win this year.
"It is not disappointing. We just know where we have to do better. Of course last year I had nine podiums in the first nine races and that was fantastic. But then the end of the year wasn't as strong.
"If I am in the situation now where I have had my worst races of the season already and they are followed-up by 15 consecutive podiums. That is my target and I would be very happy to achieve it!"
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Posted by purple – 19 Apr 2008, 5:19 AM
Its good to hear he's not giving up. Too many drivers are put off by how hard it can be or a poor start to the seaon or one bad race. I think once he achieves some type of consistency he will be amazing.