Lewis confident of continuing revival in Valencia

Lewis Hamilton says McLaren's Hungary victory has given the team a major boost going into the final stretch of the season and says it will now do everything it can to stay in race-winning contention.

The world champion and his Woking team endured a dismal start to the season, finishing in the points just three times in the opening nine rounds, before a big upgrade package introduced at the Nurburgring propelled it back up the grid and then helped Hamilton score his first win since last October in Budapest.

With the team now aiming to consolidate its Hungaroring form, Hamilton is confident that this success can be replicated; although he remained realistic on his targets given the level of competition around.

"We are going to do the best job we can," he said in Thursday's pre-event press conference in Valencia.

"Again we just have to take it race by race.



"We know we have got a lot of very competitive teams around us who will continue to improve during the season but it is just a great feeling for us to know that we have that competitiveness back in the car."

After his victory in Budapest, Hamilton was full of admiration for his team, explaining how their determination to get back on top of the podium has driven him on through the tough start to 2009.

"No one lost the determination," he said.

"Everyone just kept pushing and even I have been back to the factory and seen everyone’s determination and enthusiasm and it had an impact on me," said Hamilton.

"It is just a family environment with us all pushing together and working to achieve our goals."

Hamilton highlighted the team's never-say-die spirit for its amazing turnaround in form, admitting the employees at its Woking factory had been putting in long hours for most of the season.

"Everyone was working way overtime and whilst we were making those changes to catch up, everyone was making a step forward, so perhaps you did not see the impact it had but in the car we felt it bit by bit get better," he explained.

"Clearly at the last two races we had made a much, much bigger step to be able to keep up with the other guys.

"That is really just due to the team never giving up and never thinking for a second I am going to leave that aside, I am going to leave it for another day."