McLaren #1 hits back.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton has said that McLaren-Mercedes will bounce back and that he does have what it takes to win a world championship.

After a dream start to the year in Australia, when he took the victory after a faultless drive, the following grand's prix haven't been quite so kind, and he was only fifth in Malaysia and a distant 13th in Bahrain, following a bad start and that incident with arch rival Fernando Alonso.

Despite getting back on the podium in Spain two weeks ago however, Lewis remains 9 points behind Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen and now some members of the media have begun to question whether or not the Englishman is quite as good as he appeared in 2007.

"A few people have questioned my commitment, my ability to drive. I'm not Superman," he told British tabloid newspaper, The Sun. "But I believe I have the ability to win a world championship.

"I had one race where I made a mistake and all of a sudden people start making assumptions. Winning in Australia straight out of the box proved that my and the team's preparation had been good. I don't think you can judge me on one bad race.

"Everybody makes mistakes. I'm sure Nelson Mandela at 90-odd still makes mistakes. That's life.

"What people say about my performances does not really bother me - what does concern me is doing the job to the best of my abilities.

"I didn't do that in Bahrain and that annoyed me. Once we get everything right our car is as quick as any. Then it is down to the driver to pull out extra bits of time. I think I can do that."