Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off any theories of Me🐻rcedes favouring Nico Rosberg by reiterating his belief ꦯin his team ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Focusing on bouncing back at Suzuka, a race he's won for the past two years, Hamilton f✃eels he was happy with his performance in Malaysia and aside from the pain of being denied the win by engine failure he hasn't dwelled on the disappointment.

Mercedes has revealed its explanation for Ham💃ilton's dramatic exit at Sepang as a 'big-end failure' when his ICE unit expired despite its relatively low mileage.

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In the immediate fallout after Malaysia Hamilton stated 'someone doesn't wa🧸🎀nt me to win' with reference to a higher power that led to speculation someone was working against Hamilton but this has been rebuked by the British driver.

Hamilton says the higher power referred to God and he has full faith in his Mܫercedes team having cꦑlaimed back-to-back F1 world titles.

"It doesn't change, nothing has changed," Hamilton said. "It appears currently the guy above doesn't really want me to win right now but I have made a point on my Instagram so I don't rea💛lly have much more to say about it.

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"They [the fans] have the right to their ow🐎n opinions but as you've seen from my post you see ဣhow passionate I am about this team and my guys.

"I've not been thinking about the last race. Usually when I leave a race I think about a lot of other things going on. I was in Tokyo enjoying my time, it is one of my three favourite citiesꦫ in the world. [In Sepang💮] It was good, I was happy with my performance and hope I can continue like that here."

After his forced retirement at Sepang Hamilton has slipped to 23 points behind team-mate Nico Rosberg in the F1 world drivers'♑ championshi🦩p with five races remaining.

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