168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has provided a detailed insight into how he is adapting to life as a Ferrari F1 driver.

Hamilton officially started work at Ferrari in January and is gearing up for his first season with F1’s most iconic team, having stunned the sporting world 12 months ago by announcing he would꧒ leave Mercedes after 12 years to complete a bloc👍kbuster switch.

Since his arrival, the seven-time world champion has been focusing on getting up to sp💛eed as quickly as possible ahead of his Ferrari race debut at next month’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Speaking to medဣia including mahbx.com, Hamilton acknowledged he has a “huge amount of work to do” as he explained how he has been accli♔matising to a new team and culture.

“I'm still acclimatising - I’ve only been here a month,  so I'm still acclimatising to a completely new car, a completely new way of working, but everyone's bent over backwards in🐟 this team to make me feel welcome,” Hamilton said.

“And I really feel at home. I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. It feels natural. It feels right. So I think we've just got to continue to put in the time 🐼and take it one step at a time as well.

“Everything doesn't have to happen on♎ one day. But of course we have a goal. We have a target, where everyone’s rallying to get there.”

Embedding himself and learning the lingo

Hamilton started his acclimatisatio♔n at Ferrari last month and has been frequently visiting the team’s famous Maranello headquarters to get to know his new colleagues better and familiarise himself with the factory.

Such is his desire to be embedded with th𒉰e team as much as possꦆible, Hamilton has been staying close to the factory in his motorhome during the week.

Part of the process of embedding himself into Ferrari’s way of life has be🔥en learning 🎶a new language at the age of 40.

Hamilton, who started racing in Italy in 1997 at the age of 13, was recentlꦑy heard addressing Ferrari staff in Italian - underlying his effort to connect with the team.

“My dream has always been to be able to speak another language, but I guess when you are always in an English-speaking country you’re 🧸not forceꦿd to, necessarily,” he explained.

“It makes it maybe a little bit harder. But it was a language that I loved trying 🦄to learn back then and I never quite finished it.

“I’m slowly getting there. I think consistency is key and that’s why I rꦍeally love bein🍌g here at the factory, because I’m getting to practice more and more each day.”

And Hamilton has wasted no time enjoy♍ing Italian cuisine.

“I’ve had already quite a few pizzas, but somehow I’ve lost weight. Last week I had three pizzas,” he said with a large grin o✨n his fac🌌e.

“I love Italian food, I always have. I remember coming out here when I was racing 🌱with Nico [Rosbౠerg] at the time, we used to go out and get gelato every freakin’ night and we used to eat a lot of pizza.

“But I’ll have to watch my di🎶et. That’s going to be hard. I can’t eat pizzas all year long, otherwise I won’t fit in the car.”

Adapting his driving style

On track, Hamilton has✤ driven Ferrari’s 20﷽23 and 2024 cars in short tests in recent weeks.

On Wednesday, the Briton briefly experienced his first taste of the 2025 car, which he will spend another one and a half🍷 days i💙n during pre-season testing in Bahrain next week before the first race in Melbourne.

Hamilton, who has only driven Merced♌es-powered cars throughout his F1 career, has admitted ⭕he has been having to adapt his driving style to suit the Ferrari car and engine.

Every element, from getting used to the Ferrari steering wheel and🀅 switch settings, pedals, braking system and softw𝓡are, has been part of the challenge facing the former Mercedes driver.

“I am defi♑nitely having to adapt my driving style. It's rare that you just jump in and it just fits,” h🀅e said.

“For example, the steering wheel is completely different. All the switch settings are com♏pletely different. The software is different. Not only with that, I'm having to adapt to that.

“I am adapting to a car that's made quite differently to🍸 what I've worked with in the past. To achieve the similar sort of thing, the feeling is⭕ a lot different.”

‘Elevating every area’

Hamilton believes Ferrari have “absolutely every ingredient to 🌌win” and is eying adding an elusive and record-breaking eighth world title to his storied F1 career.

This new chapter will present Hamilton, who took 10 races to reach the top step of the podium with Mercedes, with his biggest tas🏅k yet, something he is well aware of.

“I know how long it takes to bu♛ild trust and grow within 🥃a team and grow with people,” he said.

“I've experienced that with Mercedes, I've experienced 🌌that with McLaren. And I really cherish the longevity that I had within those places and the bonds that we created in that time. And they don't happen overnight.

“Butꦉ this step is huge. It couldn't be any bigger. The organisation is massive. The passion adds to it from the fans, from the diversity, from the people within, for that desire to want to win. And you don't want to let 💧people down. You want to be able to deliver on your word.”

Hamilton heads into 2025 reinvigorated, refܫreshed and with a new mindset and clear goal.

“I decided to come into this year, my resolution, my life, my mentality is that ok🅺ay, I need to elevate in absolutely every area on my side,” he explained.

“It’s not jಞust this is who I am and just got to gel in, I’ve got to elevate in my fitness, my time management, how I engage with my engineers, how much time I spend in the factory, all these different things.

“I’ve definitely done that and I’m doing ಌthat and I will continue to do that in this drive for perfection and to achieve the success that I’m aiming to achieve. But it’s a lot of work, I have to say.

“From the day you⭕ join the team to the first race, it's very short and there's no shortcuts that you can take. And so we're not t♋aking it, we're just putting the work in and we're grafting.

“It took me six months in Mercedes to get my first win. I'm doing everything I caဣn to b🌳e ready for race one.”