Hamilton's hunger remains

Lewis Hamilton says that he still has the hunger to win races and this season's championship title, despite being overtaken by Sebastian Vettel over the weekend.

Hamilton did not have an ideal Canadian Grand Prix, with the English driver finishing fifth and consequently being leapfrogged by rival Vettel.

Vettel leads the championship by a single point and Hamilton believes that he can still win the title.

"I'm really proud of my guys," Hamilton said about his Mercedes team to GPToday.com.

"They are working so hard and continuously pushing. It is definitely tough when you have a weekend where you feel like you have done everything right and you don't get the result.

"Every single person within the teams feels the pain. We and win and we lose together. It's still a long a long way to go.

"There are good days and bad days ahead. All we can do is try to prepare the best we can and try to minimise the losses of bad days and capitalise on the good days.

"I'm still here to win and I still believe that we can win. I have complete confidence in my guys and I'm putting this energy towards them."

Mercedes experienced some engine problems ahead of the Canadian GP and Hamilton admits that he thought the engine was going to fail, making the fifth position finish easier to take.

"I thought the engine was going to fail," Hamilton admitted.

"Straight from the start, I got to turn 2 and the power started dropping out.

"I'm sure in the next couple of days it will get more painful but it could have been a lot worse. I could have lost 25 points."