Hamilton feeling confident

The pace of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari helped him clinch the title ahead of rookie Hamilton and his then McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso last season.

But Hamilton told the Daily Telegraph: "With the package we have I doubt it very much that Kimi will run away with it."

He added: "What Ferrari have is a very good car. But if you look at last year in Barcelona (testing) there was a bigger gap, three to four-tenths between us. This year I think it is a lot closer - we have equal cars."