Hamilton fired up after Spa penalty

"I felt pretty good, to be honest," Hamilton told reporters at Monza. "I felt it was always a driver's dream to win in Spa, and when you win in such amazing conditions and in such an exhilarating way - I was so excited. My heart was racing for those last few laps.

"I felt really satisfied with the job that I did.

"I came away from the circuit, for sure in a bit of disbelief - but this is motor racing and it is to be expected sometimes," added the McLaren driver, who arrives in Monza with a two-point advantage over Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

Hamilton said he will continue to attack as usual in order to be crowned champion despite the penalty that cost him four points at Spa.

"I damn sure plan to make sure that it has no effect on it," he added. "I still have a two-point lead and we are going to make sure that we continue to attack and perform like we did in the last two races.

"And knowing that we have that package makes us more and more confident, and if anything - we can use this as our fuel to keep on pushing.

"I feel great. For the next few races our car will suit the circuits just as well as it did at Spa, so we are going to make sure we do the best job we can."

Hamilton was handed the penalty after the race stewards deemed he had benefited from jumping the final chicane when fighting with Kimi Raikkonen.

The duo battle for several corners and made contact a few times, but eventually Hamilton emerged in front.

And the Briton denied Raikkonen was braking too early during his fight.

"Well, that's his driving, that's all," he said. "That is how he drives. If you don't have the balls to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge.

"And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip."

Hamilton also downplayed suggestions that he would be looking for revenge in Ferrari's home race this weekend.

"I don't feel ever that there is a need for revenge. The fact is we are having a great season battling the Ferraris, which is a real pleasure. They are a fantastic team and so are we.

"We fight so closely, and it really does come down to who does the better job as a whole.

"So it means the team doing a more solid job with reliability, pitstops, and strategy - and the driver keeping the thing on the track and pulling out those tenths of a second.

"Coming here, it would be great to win like last year and beat them on their home turf. It is a hard knock, and fortunately we covered our home grands prix this year so hopefully we can do it here as well."