Hamilton: Things could not be better.

As he approaches what is arguably the most important date on his 2008 racing calendar this weekend - the British Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton is in buoyant spirits, and determined to finish off the job that he started last year.

In 2007 the McLaren-Mercedes ace stormed to a scintillating pole position in front of the thousands of home fans who had packed the Northants circuit to will him on, but a misguided strategy and poor balance - the result of having missed the pre-race test, a mistake he did not make second time around - saw to it that he could only struggle to the bottom step of the rostrum when it counted.

Now, one year on and bidding to put a barren two-race run behind him, Hamilton is in fighting mood - and ready to begin justifying all the hype swirling around him on the back of a record-breaking rookie ...