Mercedes dominance far from over - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes current supremacy in Formula 1 will continue in 2016.

The triple World Champion also thinks that his own momentum which faded at the end of last season will quickly be regained when the F1 grid reassembles in Melbourne in March.

Despite the prospect of radical rule changes which sit on the 2017 horizon, Hamilton is fully confident in Mercedes capability to remain at the top of the heap, for at least one more year, with many more victories still in store.

"There is at least another year of this strength we have," Hamilton told Autosport.

"Of course there is a slight unknown because the car can shift. It could dip. But we have a much, much stronger foundation in this team and that is not going to be the case.

"I'm so confident that is not going to be the case."

Hamilton's own level of performance declined relatively in the final races of 2015 which saw team mate Nico Rosberg finally gain a consistent and along awaited - by the German - upper hand.

But the 31-year-old Bristish driver says he is regrouping this winter and will be ready to move on to the next level when the season gets underway in a little over two months.

"I don't think you are ever performing at peak level all the time. You have dips," he acknowledged.

"I was at a peak for a long time during the year, and then I had three so-so races at the end. I still drove pretty well and didn't make any mistakes.

"But in not being at 100 per cent, the good thing is there are improvements that can be made for next year. I'd like to think that each year you grow, not only as a human being, but as a sportsman.

"I'm hoping the way I apply myself this winter will be on the back of having learned from last winter. The struggles I've had physically and mentally, hopefully I can rectify those. I'm hoping I should be stronger in 2016.

"I'm still relatively young, so at the moment I only see a mountain which I'm willing to climb. I don't feel I'm seeing the downside of it, so that's what keeps me going."

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