But the Brit says he’s not bothered if he wraps up the title at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix.
Speaking ahead of the race, Hamilton said: “It doesn’t feel great that people keep talking about it because I have three races to do the job.
“I really have no cares if we win it here or at the next race.
“What I care about is going out there and trying to win.”
Hamilton will start the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in third, behind Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
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And the Mercedes driver says he’d have ended up in that position even if he’d finished his final lap in Q3.
Hamilton said: “It definitely wasn’t the best of sessions. Sebastian did a great job.
“The Red Bull and Ferrari were way out of our league today but even if I had finished the lap, which was a really good lap, I would have been 0.2secs.
“We just didn’t have it today. Can’t win them all. But the race is a long day so I’m hoping I can make up some ground.
“I am confident of our race pace but this is not a good track in terms of being able to follow. You need 1.3secs (advantage per lap) to overtake, so as soon as you get up behind someone you’re done. As soon as the start is done, it is going to be about bringing it home.”
Hamilton added that he’s hoping for a clean race, although he didn’t specifically mention Verstappen’s incident with Valtteri Bottas.
Hamilton said: “I hope for a clean race, the car felt good and if we can carry that into tomorrow then why not? We need a good start and then we can do it. We start on the good side so it should be good.
“We would like to be here in a different position but we attack the race and try to win. That’s all we can do. For the rest, it is not in our hands so it is better to focus on what we can do.”