Determined Hamilton aims to hit the heights again

LEWIS HAMILTON is desperate to savour that podium feeling again.

It is a remarkable nine months and 10 grands prix since the world champion last sprayed champagne after a top-three finish, that in the wake of his victory in China in October.

Arguably, Hamilton should have enjoyed such an experience at the end of the last race in Germany as McLaren handed him a car free of the woes that blighted the first half of this season.