Lewis Hamilton is riding a crest of a wave and the defending champion hopes it will carry him to a record-breaking Hungarian Grand Prix victory on Sunday.
Hamilton has moved to within just one point of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the title race after he became the first driver to win at Silverstone on three consecutive occasions.
And the 31-year-old, who celebrated his British Grand Prix victory by crowd-surfing with his home fans, could break yet another record here this weekend.
A victory at one of the best-known venues on the Formula One calendar would see Hamilton surpass both the four wins that he and Michael Schumacher have managed here.
Hamilton was 43 points behind Rosberg, but has won four of the last five grands prix to dramatically slash the gap to his rival as he pursues a fourth championship.
"The last two races, when you go from one strength to another, it is an incredibly empowering, motivating and an inspiring feeling," said Hamilton. "The last race was still the greatest week I have had as far as I can remember. So, I am hopefully riding that good wave into this weekend, and I plan to catch the next good one.
"I surf, and sometimes you have to wait for the wave to come. Sometimes they don't come, and sometimes you fall when you get up on the wave. But when you catch it, it is the greatest feeling, so that is very much how it is right now, to be on top of the wave."
Rosberg's commendable achievement of winning seven consecutive races - a streak which stretched back to last season - must now seem like a distant memory to the German.
In addition to his run of average results - the last of which saw him demoted to third at Silverstone following a breach of the sport's strict radio rules - Rosberg has failed to even step foot on the podium in Hungary in his previous 10 attempts.
But when asked if he was feeling the pressure of Hamilton's championship charge, a defiant Rosberg replied: "No. We can all agree on the fact that so far up to now I've had the best season of all drivers. That's the fact for me which I'm focusing on.
"In general I don't look at the big picture, because the best approach for me to win races is just to focus on the weekend at hand, go for the win and that's it."
While Rosberg cruised to four victories in as many races at the start of the year, Hamilton's defence of his title had initially been blighted by a number of technical issues.
And when reflecting on Rosberg's claim that he has enjoyed the best season of all the competing drivers, Hamilton replied: "He has not really had any real issues. It has been a smooth-sailing year for him so I would expect him to say that, but time's do change, hopefully."
Source: PA
