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Lewis Hamilton will bury his Monaco disappointment and “destroy” Nico Rosberg at the next round in Canada, reports Byron Young in Monte Carlo.

Former teammate Jenson Button predicted the 29-year-old will be “untouchable” when the Formula 1 circus rolls in to Montreal in just under a fortnight.

Hamilton, himself, vowed to bounce back from his Monaco heartbreak but Button warned the German he has only woken the racing beast in his Mercedes teammate.

And he should know because he spent three rollercoaster years in the garage alongside Hamilton.

The 34-year-old came to realise the 2008 champion could be as dangerous when he was losing as when he was winning.

“After a bad race even where nothing dodgy was going on and he was just beaten fair and square, he would arrive at the next race very quiet and then go out and blitz it,” said Button.

“He will do the same in Canada – he will probably be untouchable.”

The words were warmly received by Hamilton.

“Jenson is one of the toughest drivers I have ever raced against, so to have positive comments like that is very pleasing,” he said.

“I feel stronger than I have done before. It was a difficult weekend and I have always said that whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.

“This is a good learning experience. You cannot be winning all the time. We need those experiences and it will put me in good stead for the rest of the season.”

He denied the split with Rosberg was irrevocable but said they will be talking – but probably using just one word.

“We are living in the same building and I am sure when we turn up in the next place we will be as professional as ever,” Hamilton added.

“People say that we are best friends but we are not. We have not been since we were 13-years-old.

“I say ‘hi’ to him and he says ‘hi’ to me. We don’t have lunch together. We don’t have dinners. We are cool.”

Even that appeared beyond him in the aftermath of Monaco.

Emotional in defeat on Sunday Hamilton hurled accusations at his team and his teammate as the internecine battle for the world championship bubbled close to boiling point.

His four-race winning run broken, Britain’s ace racer lashed out at Mercedes over their strategy gaff and claimed former team McLaren would have done better.

In his flailing disappointment there were echoes of 2011 and his self-inflicted implosion while at McLaren.

Former champion Damon Hill said: “I am convinced the only person who can beat Lewis Hamilton is Lewis Hamilton.”

Button agreed to a degree: “The Monaco win has really helped Nico’s championship; breaking Lewis’s run of wins.

“But is Lewis strong enough to come back? I really think he is. You will see a more determined Lewis at the next race. Canada is a circuit he loves.

“I remember with Lewis that when we had a tussle in a race or there was an issue between us or with the team, he would have a really bad race and be quite outspoken and emotional. And the next race he would destroy me, he would come back stronger than ever.

“The mind games people play on him will not work.”

“Initially, he is an emotional character and he will be quite hurt but he comes back stronger than ever.”