Billing 2018 as the “hardest year” he’s faced, Lewis Hamilton says his will to win the championship is greater than it has ever been.

The British racer claimed his second win of this season in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Crossing the line 20s ahead of second-placed Valtteri Bottas, he did not put a wheel wrong as he showed the class that carried him to four World titles.

Hamilton’s victory means he now leads the standings by 17 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel.

“Already this is the hardest year that I’ve faced, in the car, at the track, away from the track,” he told Sky F1.