Hamilton vows to remain driven

Hamilton: remains focused

Stevenage F1 ace Lewis Hamilton remains a driven man as he continues his pursuit of the world driving crown.

Hamilton claimed his second place finish in the Turkish Grand Prix, was his best drive ever.

Hamilton's performance was even more remarkable as McLaren were forced into a three-stop strategy due to fears surrounding the Bridgestone tyres.

Hamilton drove for 58 laps with the nagging thought he could fly off the Istanbul Park circuit at 200mph at any moment due to an exploding tyre, as happened in last year's race.

But the Hertfordshire driver held his nerve to finish within four seconds of Massa and move within seven points of championship leader Kimi Raikkonen.

A smiling Hamilton later hailed his performance as the best of his career, in contrast to his sombre mood 24 hours earlier following a disappointing qualifying as he felt he had failed to give 100%.

"I'm always hard on myself," said Hamilton. "I sat down after qualifying and I was very ticked off with myself because I was unhappy with the job I did.

"At the end of the day the team give me a car and I have to go out and drive 100%, and I didn't extract 100% from the car.

"That's why I'm always hard on myself because we're top drivers and we should be able to do that.However, if I am given a problem, I deal with it and so do the team, and that's why I still believe that we are the best."

Hamilton now heads to two of his favourite circuits in Monte Carlo and Montreal hoping to gain further ground.

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