Lewis Hamilton reacts to Ferrari debut: “A lot worse than I thought”

“Itꦬ went a lot worse than I thought it would go. The car was really, really hard to drive today.”

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton admitted that his first race as a Ferrari F1 driver went “worse than I thought it would go” after finishing 10th at 🎃the Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton struggled for pace 💝in the season-opening race in Melbourne, ulti🐈mately finishing just inside the points at Albert Park.

The seven-time world champion made a good start from eighth on the grid but lost out at the first corner when battling teammate Charles Lecleᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrc.

Hamilton dropped behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Alex Albon, who he couldn’t get past.

When on dry tyres, Ferrari gambled by keeping both drivers out wh𒈔en the rain came💯 out.

They briefly held a 1-2 befo💎re being forced to stop for intermediates, dropping both drivers well 🍃down the order.

Leclerc overtook Hamilton after the🍸 Safety Car restart.

Hamilton then lost another place on the final lap to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

Reflecting on 🐻the race to Sky Sports, Hamilton conceded it was a “very tricky” afternoon.

“It’s very tricky,” Hamilton said. “It went a lot worse than I thought it would go. The car was really, really hard to drive today.ꦆ For me, I am just grateful I kept it out of the wall because that’s really wheജre it wanted to go most of the time. A lot to take from it.

“Also just getting acclimatised with the new power unit in wet conditions, all of the settings it requires are different. Different way of driving. A different setup on the steering w🅰heel.

“I hung out as long as I could, got in the lead at one pꦍoint. Just the guidance in terms of how much rain was coming, whic▨h was missing there. We missed out.”

Confusing Ferrari strategy in Australia

Hamilton and Leclerc were💝 left to rue poor strategy choices on the pit wall as they came awaꦉy from the weekend with just five points between them.

Ferrari and Racing Bulls didn’t react to the heavy rain, keeping their drive💫rs out on slick tyres.

Ferrari thought that the rain would only last a lap at a p🎉articular part of the circuit, meaning that staying out on dry tyres could have paid off.

Speaking of the strategy calls, Hamilton added: “We try to but I m🍌ean the information I got was it was just a short shower, real quick. At the time, it was only in the last corner.

“For me I was like the rest of the track was dry. I can keep thiꦬs on track if that’s all꧃ that’s coming but more came.”

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