• Lewis Hamilton says qualifying performances show strengths
• 'The team have done a fantastic job to get us where we are'
Lewis Hamilton has said he will look at the positives rather than the negatives after finishing third in the two first Formula One races of the season but admitted: "I should have 50 points, but I don't." The McLaren driver will bury himself in his training this week in a bid to overcome his double disappointment in Australia and Malaysia, where he finished third despite starting from pole at both races. "Yeah, we would love to have 20 points more, but at least we've had consistency and we're there in the fight," he said. With a three-week gap to the next double-header in China and Bahrain on 15 and 22 April, there will be no let-up from the Briton. "I'll be training hard," said Hamilton. "The race was quite easy physically, so I've obviously done quite a good job over the winter. Physically I'm not in bad shape. But you have to keep it up because a year in this sport is so long.
"Sometimes in previous years there have been breaks in my training, so I want to make sure I maintain my consistency.
Hamilton added: "We should be proud of ourselves [of our start]. The team have done a fantastic job to get us where we are. We've been the quickest in qualifying in both races, so there are many positives to take, rather than looking at the negatives.
"So I'm massively excited ahead of the next two races and I'm going to go and prepare the best way I can. The main thing is I need to pick up my race pace. I spoke to Fernando [Alonso] and Sergio [Pérez] afterwards and they had lots of understeer whereas I had lots of oversteer.
"Maybe I'm setting the car up too aggressively, so I might make some changes for the next two races. But hopefully we'll have some upgrades. I'll head back [to the team's factory in Woking] and push the guys to see if we can get some upgrades and eke ahead of the others, particularly in the race."