Hamilton says doubting Mercedes "would be weakness"

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed that it would be "weak" of him to doubt Mercedes, as the Brit is now trailing Sebastian Vettel again in the world championship.

Hamilton only managed to finish fifth in Montréal last weekend, even though Mercedes absolutely dominated the Canadian Grand Prix last year. The Silver Arrows aren't as dominant as they were last year, but Hamilton has no reason to start doubting his employer.

"That would be the first sign of weakness, and my mind is not weak," he told Autosport.

"I'm still here to win, I still believe we can win.

"I have complete confidence in my guys and I'm putting that energy towards them.

"If you think of tennis, or golf, or whatever, in tennis if you look across the net and think 'I might lose this,' you've already lost.

"It doesn't matter where I start on the grid, I don't look at any driver and think, 'I might lose to that person.'

"I'm like, 'How can I beat them? How can I be better?' And I'm going to keep doing that until I die."

Hamilton does realize, however, that he doesn't drive the fastest car on the grid anymore.

"When you guys are writing stories, I think last year there was 'Mercedes had the best car' and all those different things - and ultimately we did the better job.

"You probably shouldn't be writing that right now, because we are not always outperforming the others, but also it's very close.

"The Red Bulls are in the mix every now and then, Ferrari have so far been the most consistent, but there's a lot of races to come."