LEWIS HAMILTON is poised to place the final piece of the jigsaw into his life that he hopes will also make it much easier.

Hamilton was back on track yesterday for the first time since the final day of last season in Abu Dhabi when his faint hopes of a second Formula One title ultimately came to nothing.

With McLaren not due to unveil this season’s car until tomorrow in Berlin, Hamilton instead ran in last year’s model, with his main brief to simply evaluate new tyre supplier Pirelli’s rubber.

It meant post-test questions primarily focused on Hamilton’s personal life, in particular his winter training regime that saw him take to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and more pertinently his continued search for a new manager.

It is approaching a year now since Hamilton split from father Anthony as manager, a move that impacted significantly upon him off track as he was forced to personally handle his own affairs.

The 26-year-old, though, is now close to a resolution, with high- profile sports management agents IMG, who house an array of stars on their books, still rumoured to be the frontrunners.

“I’m working on getting it sorted. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll be able to let you know what’s going on,” said Hamilton.

“But it’s positive. It won’t distract me from my job, and certain things will be taken care of a lot better than when I was looking after myself.

“I’ve a couple of candidates and I’m just trying to decide which one. I’ll let you know when I’ve decided.”

The suspicion is once that matter is resolved, it will allow Hamilton to focus fully on the most important aspect of his life – driving.

“I just feel things in my life are much better now, and I feel in a much better place, that I’m able to focus even more energy on to winning than I’ve done in the past,”

added Hamilton.

“It feels great to be here, I’m happy in my life, as I was at some points of last year.

“But every year I’ve always approached it the same.

Sometimes your training doesn’t go as well, sometimes you’re more drained by appearances or certain things that you do.”