LEWIS HAMILTON opened up a six-point lead in the F 1 championship and declared: I want more.
The defending world champion won the Hungarian GP on Sunday to move into first place in the title race for the first time this season.
It marks an astonishing turnaround from being a whopping 43 points behind team-mate Nico Rosberg when they both crashed out in Barcelona.
Hamilton, who has won FIVE of the last six races now wants to follow his win in Budapest with a victory in Rosberg’s home race in Germany this weekend.
He said: “I’m still in the mentality of chasing.
“It has been great to be able to come back with the struggle we had at the beginning of the year.
“I’m very proud of that but conscious there’s a long way to go, so it is important we go from strength to strength.
“I want to go into the summer break with what lead I have now at least.”
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But Rosberg has not given up hope of his maiden F 1 title — despite Hamilton’s resurgence.
He said: “I expected him to come back and I didn’t expect to be in front all the time.
“It ebbs and flows and it’s always going to be a tough battle against him because he’s the world champion.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff also fully expects the title race to go down to the wire this season.
He said: “You will see a couple of races go towards one and then towards the other.
“We’ll see that swing through the season and it will go to the end.”
Esteban Gutierrez has blasted Hamilton after the Brit appeared to give him the middle finger.
Hamilton claims the gesture to the Haas driver was made “accidentally” but the Mexican, who was penalised for holding up the Mercedes driver in Budapest, is still angry.
He said: “It was not a very respectful move from him — he shouldn’t do these kinds of things.”
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