Driven to perfection: Can anyone stop F1 champion Lewis Hamilton?

Lewis Hamilton PicAFPA refreshed and hungry Lewis Hamilton has declared hes ready to take the new Formula One season by the scruff of the neck which is bad news for his longsuffering rivals The Mercedes driver is the man they all have to beat again but at 33 it seems that Hamilton the fourtime world champion and now a veteran of the sport wants to speed up rather than slow down Hamilton who has Juan Manuel Fangios five F1 titles in his sights gave a glimpse into his mindset when he revealed that even after a record 72 pole positions he feels hes never driven the perfect lap I have never done the perfect lap ever he said according to British broadcaster Sky Sports The perfect lap No and that is what is so great about this sport you never get perfectHamilton added You get close maybe But imagine if in those 30000odd laps I did 1000 or 10000 perfect laps That would really be boring If you played the perfect game time and time again you would lose motivation because it is easy You always have to move on to something more difficult But there is no other class better than Formula 1 so if I was to perfect it it would suck Formula Ones only black driver comes from humble roots in Britains Stevenage a town outside London and appears to thrive on adversity Hamilton who has adopted Still I Rise the title of a Maya Angelou poem as his personal motto hit a bump in the road when he was criticised for mocking his nephew for wearing a dress prompting him to withdraw from social media and delete years of posts But after his selfimposed silence Hamilton resumed posting in January writing bullishly on Instagram I will never stop I have no finish lineHe is unbelievably fastWorryingly for Ferraris Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen Hamilton also has the benefit of what looks like an improved Mercedes this season as sets out to retain his world championship Technical chief James Allison says the Mercedes W09 would blow away last years model and the car showed no obvious weaknesses as it completed more laps than any other during preseason testing Former Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg the only man to deny Hamilton a sweep of the last four F1 titles said the other drivers needed to make the most of the Britons moments of inconsistency He has these periods when he is just not on it you have to make the most of it absolutely and Sebastian did that pretty well last year the 2016 champion said according to SkyWhen Lewis has his good weekends he is almost unbeatable he is unbelievably fast and maybe the best guy out there The only way to beat Lewis is to be 100 percent with everything do the perfect season Otherwise there is no chance At last years seasonopener Hamilton finished second behind Vettel and it wasnt until after the midseason break that he hit his stride turning a 14point deficit into a title victory by 46 points This year the 62time grand prixwinner seems to have travelled to Melbourne fully focused on the job at hand securing world title number five He told ESPN That hunger that I had when I was eight years old when the teachers said that I was never going to amount to nothing when the other racing drivers dads said I was never going to amount to nothing when the kids shouted abuse at the race track to me and my family That still powers me on through the racesCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever