Lewis Hamilton expects to get have another chance to claim a final McLaren win

Lewis Hamilton is confident he will at least get one more chance to claim a swansong victory as a McLaren driver, provided the MP4-27 continues to prove as competitive as it did in Abu Dhabi.

Those hopes, however, of signing off from McLaren with a 21st victory for the Woking team are on current form likely to hinge on the team improving the MP4-27's reliability. In addition to race-ending retirements whilst leading in both Singapore and Abu Dhabi, Hamilton's races in Japan and India were also compromised by mechanical breakages. The 27-year-old acknowledges getting the car to the finish has been problematic for McLaren recently but is backing them to get on top of the issues. "We've had a lot of failures in the last five races, so reliability has been a big issue for us, but I've no doubts the team can fix them," he told British press reporters. "The last four or five races we've had something fail on the car, even when we've managed to finish the race. Hopefully luck will swing our way in the last two races."