Anxious Hamilton takes matters into his own hands to push a Ferrari win

Spa Francorchamps, Belgium: Lewis Hamilton revealed on Thursday he had prepared his own reports to present to Ferrari s senior management during a ser...

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Lewis Hamilton revealed on Thursday he had prepared his own reports to present to Ferrari's senior management during a series of recent meetings in a bid to power the team to a first world title since 2008.

The seven-time world champion told a news conference ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix that he was not prepared to accept the fate of other multiple world champions like Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.

"If you look at the team over the last 20 years, they've had amazing drivers like Kimi (Raikkonen), Fernando and Sebastian, all world champions, but they (Alonso and Vettel) didn't win a world championship with Ferrari -- and I refuse for that to be the case with me," he said.

"So I am going the extra mile and I've been fortunate to have experiences in two other great teams -- and whilst things will be different because of the culture, if you take the same path, you will get the same results."

Hamilton added: "I am trying to create allies in the organisation and get them geed up. I am here to win, and this is crunch time for me.