Lewis Hamilton feels optimistic in direction of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after feeling like he is made progress along with his Ferrari automotive.
The seven-time world champion arrived in Baku with confidence after selling encouragement from two races, following a F1 summer season break, together with the primary Italian Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver.
Hamilton, who completed sixth at Monza, felt he had made stable progress in making an attempt to get on high of Ferrari’s SF-25, revealing that he “discover a couple of issues” to work on his extraction this weekend.
“The victory is a bit distant contemplating we had been sixth, seventh, eighth and eighth for almost all of the season. We had 4 or 5 folks at Charles, so we would prefer to get the crew’s podium.”
“I really feel optimistic over the weekend, I really feel like I’ve discovered some issues and now I must work on extracting them.
Hamilton has eight races left in his first marketing campaign with Ferrari to take care of his document of ending on the rostrum each 18 seasons in Components 1.
Aside from claiming pole place and victory in China’s dash races, it was a forgettable yr with Hamilton’s Ferrari.
The 40-year-old Briton is comprehensively outformed by teammate Charles Leclair, who’s 46 factors away from Hamilton within the driver’s championship after 16 of 24 races.
Is it higher at Baku weekend within the retailer?
Hamilton hopes for a greater weekend in Azerbaijan, and believes Ferrari’s 2025 Challenger has a stronger attribute than the earlier Mercedes automobiles he drove on the road circuit.
“It is a very completely different automotive to what I’ve ever pushed this weekend, so I am excited to see the way it feels and what I am going to get from it,” he mentioned.
Hamilton replied that he was requested how the automobiles had been completely different. “This automotive could be very completely different.
“I believe it has a way more mechanical grip and is way softer than the automobiles I’ve pushed up to now (right here).”
Hamilton received the Azerbaijan Grand Prix solely as soon as in 2018, ending on the rostrum in Baku on one other event.
Final yr proved to be a very irritating race for Hamilton. Hamilton struggled to make up for the bottom from behind the grid after an engine penalty, solely taking a ninth.
