Lewis Hamilton’s adaptation to Ferrari continued through the overwhelming weekend of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix workforce.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton joined F1’s most well-known workforce in the beginning of the yr, enduring the difficult adjustment course of at Ferrari after finishing a smash hit change from rival Mercedes.
Hamilton’s begin to life at Ferrari has not been deliberate, however he feels that for the reason that summer season holidays in System 1 he has made encouraging progress, which is hidden by Ferrari’s general lack of competitiveness.
After ending eighth and first place with Baku’s teammate Charles Leclerc, the 40-year-old Briton detailed the place he may nonetheless make enhancements.
“I believe there are nonetheless some enhancements when it comes to how aggressive I’m,” defined Hamilton.
“This automotive may be very pimple and I am not 100% assured within the brakes after I’m attacking the brakes. Within the final race, on this race, I did not really feel a lot of a way of the setup we’ve.
“It’s kind of loopy, as a result of we’re progressing, however we’re not really getting leads to the previous couple of races. However there isn’t any progress so I believe we will get good weekends and good outcomes.”
Talking to Sky Sports activities F1, Hamilton added:
“By the apply after P2, actually, I really feel superb within the automotive and I believe in the long run I am within the mistaken course with the automotive, however our final tempo of racing wasn’t on par with the individuals earlier than us.
“However whenever you have a look at the place Williams is, the qualifying is clearly crucial. They did a tremendous job. Congratulations. What an ideal consequence.
“I am completely happy that we have moved ahead from the twelfth, however I could not actually care about that place.”
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Leclerc has formally made it to the highest in a direct battle for hegemony at Ferrari.
Monegasque defeated Hamilton in 12 of the 15 races the place each drivers accomplished.
Leclerc additionally outperforms Hamilton 13-4 head-to-head in qualifying.
Leclerc completed 5 occasions on the rostrum, however Hamilton has but to report the looks of the rostrum on Ferrari’s first 17 grand prix.
After Azerbaijan, Leclerc positioned fifth within the Drivers Championship with 165 factors and 44 factors from Hamilton.
