adminthe year as he slipped back after starting from pole. “It would be good to get a win but at the moment it really doesn’t feel like it’s going to happen,” Hamilton said.
“Luck is definitely not with me but who knows? At some stage it’s got to come.” 0
The 2008 world champion lost a potential win at the British Grand Prix eight days ago when he suffered a tyre failure.
His team-mate Nico Rosberg ended up winning at Silverstone after Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who was second behind Hamilton at the time of his tyre failure, retired with a clutch-shaft failure.
Rosberg has won twice for Mercedes this year — the other time at Monaco when he controlled the race from pole.
The German had at that point out-qualified Hamilton three times in a row, but the Englishman — in his first year with Mercedes since moving from McLaren — has since turned the tables and has started in front of Rosberg for the last three races.
Rosberg finished ninth in Germany but Hamilton denied getting the better of his team-mate softened the pain of his own struggles.
“I don’t feel like it’s a boost or anything like that,” he said. “Having the edge on him; everyone expects that.
“It doesn’t make any difference to me at the moment, especially as I’m not getting the most out of the car. When I get the most out of the car, then it will be a lot easier.” Hamilton has fallen to 58 points behind championship leader Vettel, whose victory in Germany moved him 34 points clear of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and a further seven ahead of Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen after nine of the 19 races.
Hamilton said winning the title was a distant prospect.
“I’m not even thinking about the championship,” he said. “There’s no point when he’s almost 60 points ahead.
“It’s going to take a lot of good opportunities to come my way. We’re going to need a lot of hard work, a little bit of luck on our side, a bit of elbow grease and we might be able to do it. But who knows?”
Asked if world champion Vettel’s sizeable lead and impressive consistency meant the title was effectively already all over for everyone else, Hamilton said: “Definitely not for Fernando. — BBC Sport.
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