Hamilton eager to bounce back in Monaco

Lewis Hamilton says he is “now fully focused” on this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix after his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg comprehensively outshone the defending champion last time around in Spain.

Although the Briton secured his fifth consecutive top-two finish in 2015 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Hamilton had no answer to Rosberg’s pace and saw the German cut the gap to 20 points in the Drivers’ standings.

But the 30-year-old insists he is now ready to rekindle the sort of dominance he has shown across the fly-away races.

“I didn't have the best weekend in Barcelona,” said Hamilton. “So to come away with second was okay in terms of damage limitation and it meant another great result for the team with the one-two.

“I'm now fully focused on Monaco - the race that everybody looks forward to and one I particularly love. It's the biggest challenge of the year for a driver and, when you get it right, that feeling is hard to beat.”

As a massive Ayrton Senna fan, Hamilton has always had a soft spot for the narrow Monte Carlo streets where his idol never failed to impress. But while the current championship leader claimed P2 on his 2007 Monaco debut and topped it with a stellar victory in the wet 12 months later, Hamilton is yet to return to winning ways in the Principality.

“Like Spain, it's another circuit where I haven't had the best of luck in the past - but I'm not interested in what's been and gone or in making any predictions. I'm just here to get in this fantastic car we have, race it hard and give it everything I've got, like always.”

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