Hamilton on fire as Lauda cools talk of Vettel chase

Sebastian Vettel is rumoured to be joining Mercedes in 2016

David Tremayne

If Lewis Hamilton really was remotely concerned or destabilised by feeble rumours being put around here on Thursday to the effect that his Mercedes team was offering lucrative blandishments to Sebastian Vettel to drive for them from 2016, he showed no sign of it yesterday.

Hungaroring is one of his favourite tracks – he's won here four times since his rookie season in 2007 – and somehow it just clicks with his driving style.