Lewis Hamilton has put the events of the Monaco Grand Prix behind him and insists his confidence in Mercedes is as strong as ever.
Hamilton was cruising to victory in Monaco when a late safety car period prompted Mercedes to call its driver into the pits, which relegated him to third. After the race Hamilton was visibly upset about the loss but refrained from blaming the team, who apologised to him and put the error down to getting the math wrong.
The world champion was in the FIA's Thursday press conference in Canada and unsurprisingly his questions all took a similar tone.
"There's going to be a lot of questions about Monaco, I'm really not going back to Monaco," Hamilton said when asked about his thoughts about the last race. "I've moved on, I don't even have to think about it. I'm literally moving on and couldn't care less about it. I can't do anything about the past so there's honestly no point in thinking about it; it's about trying to shape the future.
"There's lots and lots of races to come, lots of improvements that can be made. We've got a great team, a great car, there's a championship to be won so that's all I'm focused on. It doesn't matter what I feel or had felt or feel now because honestly I don't feel anything about it. I'm literally thinking about this race, I feel fit, I feel strong, all positives."
As the final call had come from the Mercedes pit wall, Hamilton was asked what his level of confidence was in the team coming to Montreal.
"Same as always - 100%. We've had pretty incredible success together and one race doesn't dent the solid foundation that we've built."
He went on to say: "Firstly, I don't look back, I'm looking forwards. Honestly, I have not really thought about the last race for a long time. I've been thinking about the next race, putting my mind to other things, training and trying to come back strong this weekend. It's really irrelevant what happened in the past, there's nothing you can do about it now so there's no point dwelling on it."
In the immediate aftermath of the chequered flag in Monaco Hamilton stopped his Mercedes at Portier, leading to suggestions he may have considered getting out of his car and walking to his nearby flat rather than attend the podium ceremony. The same scenario is famously what Ayrton Senna did when he retired from a huge lead in 1988 at the same corner.
When told it would be good to know the explanation for the stoppage, he laughed and said: "I know there would be, but there is no answer to it!"