World Championship contender Lewis Hamilton eyeing a strong end to 2013 season
Mercedes driver trained six days a week over the summer break
Thursday 22 August 2013 18:32, UK
A refreshed Lewis Hamilton has declared he heads into the second half of the 2013 season "more motivated than ever" knowing that Mercedes now have a car capable of consistently challenging for wins.
The fact that Hamilton's W04, already the season's dominant car on Saturdays, is expected to suit the high-speed nature of Spa this weekend, along with the following race at Monza, has led many pundits to suggest he is a now serious threat to Vettel despite the German's large points advantage. Hamilton is hopeful a strong Belgian GP will give way to another strong end to the season for him. "The car's obviously not got worse over this break and hopefully will be better this weekend, without doubt we know that Ferrari and others would have made a similar step to us, but it's a great feeling that we know we can come here and still fight those guys," he admitted. "There's a long way to go and generally my second half of the season has been more positive - so hopefully that's the case this year."
