Lewis Hamilton says even he understa𝐆nds Formula 1 fans frustration after claiming his fifth victory in seve💫n races at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Hamilton turned in a masterclass drive to dominant Sunday’s race at Sp💎a-Francorchamps as he led every single lap in a largely untroubled cruise to the flag to extend his advantage a🥃t the top of the championship to 47 points.

The seventh round of the season was far from a classic and led Red Bull’s Max Verstappen - who spent all 44 laps running a dista🌼🀅nt third behind the dominant Mercedes duo - to label the race “pretty boring”.

"I can't speak for the fans but, having bee💎n a fan growing up and lived ꦚin different eras and watching the [Michael] Schumacher era, of course I know what it's like," Hamilton said after the race.

“I feel exactly the same as Max; it wasn’t the most exciting,” he added. “I enjoy myself in the car. I am still able to enjoy the b💎attle, looking where Valtteri is, what times h🐓e's doing, the gaps, trying to get the perfect balance every lap.

“That is sti🐠ll a massive challenge for me but it is just not as fun for people to watch. When you're in it, it🍰's a bit different.

“But of course I would love a wheel-to-wheel race. I hope the๊ next races… the Red Bulls have improved, I really hope we have more of a race. Everyone wants to see us all battling together."

Hamilton continues to close in on Schumacher’s record for the most F1 wins (91) after recording the 89th triumph of his career in Belgium, while he remains well on course to equal the Germ𝔍an’s all-time tally of seven world titles this year.

Asked what he did as a fan back in the days of Schumacher’s domination with Ferrari, Hamilton replied: ౠ“I would have woken up, had my bacon sarnie and probably watched the start and gone to sleep and then woke up t🍨o watch the end.

“If I was watching today I would do the same most likely and watch the highlights because it’s much shorter, unless a friend told me there was a super exciting rꦜace on TV so that you watch the whole thing.”

Mercedes has al🃏ready swept to every single title on offer since the start of 2014 and is heading for its seventh consecutive world championsh𒁃ip double in 2020.

And with this year’s car🎃s being carried over into next season before a major regulation overhaul comes into force in 2022, it is likely that Hamilton and Mercedes’ continued run of success will continue for the next 16-18 months.

“I hope that people need🔴 to hopefull🐷y understand that this isn’t our fault,” Hamilton explained.

“At the end of the day we’re drivers, we’ve come through all👍 the 🍒ranks, we’ve earned the positions that we have and we come in weekend in, weekend out, devoted and give absolutely everything to go out there and perform at our best.

“Ultimately the decision makers who de♌sign the cars, who set rules and those kind of things, are the ones that you could apply pressure to to ultimately do a better job moving forwards, if that💝’s possible.

“I’m hopeful that’s what they’re going to do in 2022 and with that new type car, m🧜aybe we’ll see a different form of racing where you can follow. Wouldn’t that be something if we can follow closer and hꦿave more close races?”