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'I feel very powerful in this car' - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says he feels "very powerful" in the 2015 Mercedes and believes it suits him better than the car he won last year's title in.

Mercedes dominated the 2014 season, with Hamilton taking 10 victories on his way to a second world championship. Having started the new season in even better form - taking 93 of a possible 100 points in the opening four races - Hamilton admits he is feeling even more comfortable with this year's W06 after already opening up a championship lead of more than a race victory.

"I feel very powerful in this car, with the package we have," Hamilton said. "I feel I am able to get everything from it. I feel more comfortable in this one than I did in last year's one. I feel within myself that whatever approach I have the powers are greater than ever from the car – I put it there and it goes there, and then I get the exit.

"Naturally you feel there are always things you can still do, its hard to always pinpoint what those are and to tell the team what to focus on. Focus on this, focus on that, but that's what a team leader has got to do. So that's what I am trying to, along with Nico, as drivers to guide the team of where to go next."

However, when asked if he feels he is unbeatable at the moment, Hamilton replied: "I don't know what the feeling of unbeatable is and obviously [Bahrain] shows that we are not unbeatable."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.