Lewis Hamilton has insisted he still has "plenty of fuel left in the tank" after finishing second in the French Grand Prix, his 300th race.
Hamilton has endured a difficult year so far, but recorded his best result of the season by finishing second after starting the race in fourth. He was ultimately 10 seconds adrift of winner Max Verstappen, who stretched his lead to 63 points.
There have been suggestions that Hamilton could walk away at the end of the season but, with 18 months left on his Mercedes deal, the Brit says he is "enjoying working with the sport more than ever".
Speaking after the race, Hamilton said: "That is a lot of races. Firstly, I want to be grateful to get to this point.
"But I still feel fresh, and I still feel as though I have got plenty of fuel left in the tank. I am enjoying what I am doing and I am proud of arriving every day and working with this incredible group of people.
"I am enjoying working with the sport more than ever. I want to get back to winning ways and that is going to take time, but I am sure we will sit down at some stage and talk about the future.
"I want to keep building. One thing is having the races, but another is to continue doing more outside of the sport, which I think Mercedes and us can, and will do."
Hamilton also paid tribute to those who have helped him reach the milestone, adding: "The 300th Grand Prix was mentioned at the beginning of the weekend, and I didn't think much of it.
"But this morning I woke up and felt incredibly grateful, thinking about all of the people that have been with me along the way - Ron Dennis and Mercedes giving me the chance when I was young. Martin Whitmarsh and Mansour Ojjeh at McLaren, Toto Wolff , Niki Lauda, [Mercedes chairman] Ola Kallenius, [Mercedes board member] Markus Schafer, and [former chairman of Mercedes' parent company, Daimler] Dieter Zetsche. All of these incredible people have supported me since I was 13.
"All of my races have been powered by Mercedes and I am very proud to be up here representing them. We have to keep pushing, and every weekend we hope we will get closer."
