McLaren racer Lewis Hamilton insists his desire to win this season's World Championship is still as strong as ever despite a number of setbacks after the opening six races.

He has failed to win a race this year and sits in seventh position in the drivers' table but, with Red Bull pair Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel leading the way, the 2008 champion is still hungry for future success.

He said: "The desire to win is burning inside.

"It's there the whole of the way through the season, even if you do have a win because you get that taste and you want to keep on getting it, so it's constantly burning.

"As a team we are also putting ourselves under extreme pressure, and we will continue to do so because that is how you achieve greatness. At least that's how I feel.

"I do feel we will get there. I reckon it's going to take a couple of races and then we will be back up there, back at the front."

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