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RACE ace Lewis Hamilton is pushing aside memories of his victory at Silverstone as he prepares for this Sunday's challenge in the Santander German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.
This year will mark the 55th running of the German Grand Prix and the British McLaren-Mercedes driver is hoping to "throw himself" around the corners of the circuit.
He said: "Pressure always exists because you need to win consistently. In Formula One, you're only as good as your last race and Silverstone already felt like an old memory by the time I was testing at Hockenheim.
"Generally, however, a race win briefly takes the load off everyone's shoulders because it allows you to push forward without looking back at the problems you may have faced in the previous race. But you can never get complacent and we'll be pushing hard again in Germany.
"I was at Hockenheim in 2005 when I won a Formula 3 EuroSeries race and in 2006 with GP2 when I finished second and third. It's actually quite a straightforward circuit to get into, and it helps that our car just feels so awesome at the moment.
"There's a bit of everything around here and it's quite fun to throw the car into some of the high-speed corners, like Turn One and Turn 12 - the high-speed right-hander into the stadium section."
While the Hockenheim circuit was not introduced onto the Formula One calendar until 1970, it first existed in recognisable form way back in 1938 and gained its familiar concrete stadium section in 1966. It existed largely unchanged until 2002, when it was dramatically shortened from its mighty 6.8km incarnation to 4.6km by Formula one architect Hermann Tilke.
The drivers from McLaren and Ferrari - neck-to-neck in the championship race -_can concentrate on driving rather than worry about the long-running off-the-track controversies surrounding the two teams.
The two teams have both issued statements confirming that they have agreed to settle their outstanding differences over the spying controversy that dominated the Formula One headlines in the latter half of last season.
McLaren were fined $100 million and stripped of their 2007 constructors' points after the FIA concluded they had benefitted from the acquisition of leaked Ferrari data. McLaren have now agreed to also pay Ferrari's costs relating to the matter, as well as a concluding payment, which Ferrari will donate to charity.
The FIA formally drew a line under the 'Spygate' affair last December after McLaren issued a public apology and agreed not to pursue the development of certain systems on their Formula One cars. Friday's statements now signal the end of the few remaining issues between the two teams.
Ferrari still plan to continue legal proceedings against former employee Nigel Stepney, the engineer alleged to have passed the confidential information to McLaren.
