Remarkably, Hamilton hasn’t won in F1 since the 🅷2021 Saꦯudi Arabian Grand Prix, over 18 months ago.

The seven-time world champion has enjoyed a strong start to F1 2023 d🥀espite Mercedes’ underwhelming form, scoring two second🦩-places in the opening seven races.

Mercedes’ recent upgrade appears to have taken them a step forward, with the team picking up thei🦄r first double-podium of the🍰 season in Barcelona.

Speaking after the race on Sunday, Hamilton was asked about his “hunger” and how motivated he is in F1.

“I think my hunger has never really shif❀ted, I would say,” Hamilton explained. “No, don't feel like that's… I think I'm in a really great place in my life and I think I'm re🌃ally happy where I am in my life and I think I've got all the ducks in a row, like where I'm able to really focus. 

“Got a great, great, great team around me both off track and on tr♍ack. There's great stuff that's happening with Mission 44 that's got a great team in London, working on that. 

“And we're starting to see impact. I've got a great team of engineers here that… been with Bono for a long, long time and feel like Bono’s really doing… what Bono and Mike and all the guys are doing is such a such a fantastic job. And I think for me, I feelℱ fit and healthy and I think that was a very solid, very solid race for me.

• Is M🍷ercedes’ breakthrough a sign of things to come, or another false dawn?

“And I th𓆏ink, yeah, I want to keep going for as long as I can. But I want to be where he is [indicating Max]. And or racing him at least. So that's super, super-focused on getting tꦫo that point and yeah, a long way to go. But there’s time.”