Lewis Hamilton is convinced he will not receive any preferential treatment from McLaren despite opening up a significant lead over team-mate Jenson Button following Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Hamilton chalked up his third win of the season and 15th of his career to move a slender three points clear of Mark Webber with six races remaining.
In stark contrast to Hamilton's jubilation, Button was left feeling despondent after he crashed out for the second successive season at Spa, and again not of his own making.
Button was on course to finish runner-up when he was speared from his left-hand side by an out-of-control Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull who had misjudged his braking in attempting to overtake.
With the radiator punctured and drive lost, Button was forced to retire, and with Hamilton going on to victory he is now 35 points adrift of his fellow Briton.
Yet with 150 points still up for grabs, Hamilton knows McLaren will not favour himself over Button until the situation dictates otherwise.
"I get the same treatment as Jenson and vice versa and that enables us both to score maximum points and so I don't feel there should be any preferential treatment," said Hamilton.
"Obviously the team do the best they can to the maximum for each of us. There's no more they can do."
Hamilton has also dismissed the suggestion the title race is now just between himself and Red Bull's Webber who had to be content with second after starting from pole.
Along with Button, Vettel and Fernando Alonso also failed to score a point, with the German finishing 15th and the Spaniard crashing out in the wet late on.
Hamilton is now 31 points ahead of Vettel, yet despite the cushion he added: "You've seen in the last few races how quickly things can change."
"We still have a long way to go and there are still many points to be grabbed by any of the drivers who are fighting for the title."
"Clearly for me my closest rival in the championship is Mark in terms of points, but I still think the championship is open."
With a smile, Hamilton then added: "Obviously we want to make sure that's not the case after another few races."
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described Hamilton as 'the luckiest man in Belgium' after the 25-year-old narrowly avoided his own collision with a barrier.
As the rain came with 10 laps to go, on a greasy surface Hamilton ran wide and onto the gravel at Rivage, coming within inches of hitting a wall.
Recognising his good fortune on this occasion, Hamilton said: "That was the biggest moment for me."
"I made it all the way out to the wall and just clipped it a little with the edge of my wing."
"I was very fortunate to get away with that. I was very blessed. The Lord definitely had his hand over me there."
Renault's Robert Kubica was third, followed by Felipe Massa in his Ferrari, Force India's Adrian Sutil, and then the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher, who had started 21st.
Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi was eighth, Renault's Vitaly Petrov ninth, with Liuzzi promoted to 10th after Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari had 20 seconds added to his time post race for cutting a corner and gaining an advantage.