Hamilton wary of overplaying Monaco win

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Lewis Hamilton is not getting carried away with his victory in the Monaco Grand Prix despite cutting the gap to Nico Rosberg in the standings to less than a race win.

Rosberg finished seventh in Monte Carlo after being passed by Nico Hulkenberg out of the final corner on the last lap, leaving Hamilton to reduce his championship lead to 24 points.

While his four victories make him the only active driver to have won on more than one occasion in Montreal - and leave him second only to Michael Schumacher on the all-time list - Hamilton is not taking anything for granted.

"Right now it’s difficult to feel like it’s a swing; it just feels that’s my 44^th win," Hamilton said. "I can’t believe I have 44 wins, what a special… It’s such a special number for me and my family and I have 44 wins in Formula One.

"A lot of hard work from so many people, too many people to name along my long, long career and so I am going to enjoy 44 as much as I can because it only happens once.

"In terms of a swing there’s such a long, long way to go. A swing goes both ways and I’m conscious of that. But Montreal following… [Monaco] is always a good track for me. I know how quick I am around here but this is only my second win here, such a difficult place to win and I think [Sunday] was the hardest to win it but I felt like earned it.

"The next one is a good race for me generally, so hopefully with that great atmosphere in Montreal I’m able to shine like I did when I first won there."

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