Lewis Hamilton has absolute con­fidence Mercedes are treating him no differently compared to team-mate Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton is eager to allay the rumours sparked on the internet that, as Rosberg is German and driving for a German manufacturer, there is perhaps slight favouritism towards him.

The Twitter trolls were certainly in evidence following qualifying on Saturday for the German GP when Hamilton crashed out due to a right-front brake disc failure, going so far as to suggest sabotage.

That was naturally a ludicrous extreme, but the perception is there in the eyes of some that Rosberg is fav-oured over Hamilton by Mercedes.

Pointedly asked whether he was receiving equal treatment to Rosberg, and setting the record straight, Hamilton said: “Yep. I feel really comfortable. The team is doing a great job.

“I’ve great engineers and the sup­port from my guys on my car. I’ve never seen such a hungry group of guys passionate to win from their side. It’s the same on Nico’s side, they want to win so badly.

“You work on a car and it’s your baby, and they want to help get the best result possible.

“I was recently speaking to one of my mechanics, and although we’ve been hit by a couple of DNFs (did not finish), we will just keep on ploughing through.”

Hamilton concedes, though, he has not had as smooth a year as Rosberg given his two DNFs and a number of qualifying issues.

With a 14-point gap to Rosberg heading into the last grand prix pri­or to the summer break, with Hun­gary the venue where Hamilton has won on four occasions in seven attempts, he appreciates the need for a pick-me-up at least.

“As always, it’s going to be important to regain points,” he add­ed. “But as you can see (with regard to Germany ), anything can happen in a weekend, so I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next one.

“I’m certainly not planning on starting at the back in Hungary!

“But a clean weekend is what I’m aiming for, to come away from there with some strong points ahead of the break.”