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Lewis Hamilton has admitted not featuring in this year's driver 'silly season' has been a weight off his shoulders.
A year ago, the 2008 world champion was a leading player in F1's high-stakes game of annual musical chairs, as he weighed up between staying at McLaren or moving to another team.
Now happily at Mercedes and on a three-year contract, the Briton said he has every intention of staying with the German team for that entire period and "hopefully even longer".
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| Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W04, in Montreal. (Photo: WRi2) |
Lewis Hamilton also admitted he has enjoyed being a mere spectator, as the 'silly season' played out instead with Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and others in the main roles.
"Last year, I tried my best to avoid it, but of course it was hard to deal with all the questions and the fact that I didn't know what I was going to do," he is quoted by Brazil's
Totalrace.
"It was taking my energy away from me, but it's not like that anymore. It's a great feeling to be in this position," said Hamilton.
"The difference is like night and day."
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Ferrari is on the cusp of tipping the balance of its resources away from the 2013 championship battle.
Although second only to title leader Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso's deficit to the top Red Bull is a full 53 points with just seven races to go.
And with Red Bull now constantly wielding a pace advantage over the other cars, Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali admitted the time is nearing when the Maranello team will sensibly shift its main focus to the huge challenge of 2014.
"After the result of the Singapore grand prix," he is quoted by Brazil's
Totalrace, "we will make an assessment about what to do.
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| Pat Fry and Stefano Domenicali, Ferrari. (Photo: WRi2) |
"We need to be realistic and see how we can improve for the races that follow. So if the difference to the leaders continues to be large, it is pointless to think that a tenth of a second can be enough to recover," added Domenicali.
"We will make a choice after Singapore, but always working not to lose too much ground because we want to fight at least for second place in the constructors' championship."
So although close to conceding defeat in yet another title campaign, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo insisted that does not mean Domenicali's job is in doubt.
"Over the past three years, we have lost two world titles at the last race and it was not his fault," Montezemolo told
La Gazzetta dello Sport.
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