Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton says Australian Grand Prix a ‘crash course’ in new car

Lewis Hamilton says that the first time in the Ferrari race felt as a “crash” in identifying his new car after the completion of the Australian Grand Prix changing race in tenth place.
Hamilton spent the first half of the race in eighth place, stuck behind the Williams Alex Alex driver, before the safety car in the middle of the race was raised the stadium before heavy rains. When most of the teams chose to incite its drivers, Ferrari Hamilton kept out of the radio that it would be a short shower. He initially rose to third place and then briefly led the race before the conditions became very slippery, forcing Hamilton to the hole.
The world champion has been exceeded seven times by Oscar Bayastiri McLaren in the last lap, to eventually occupy one point and finish the race 22.473 seconds behind the winner of Lando Norris.
“It was definitely a large crashing course,” Hamilton told reporters. “I am only grateful because I came outside the wall.”
Hamrenon did not drive the Ferrari F1 in the wet until the beginning of the Sunday race, making him feel like “in the deep end” given the extent of the car’s performance differently. “I had no confidence today, unfortunately,” said Hamilton. “I will make some changes next week on the car, to the preparation.”
Lewis Hamilton before the start of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne (Clav Masson/Getty Pictures)
After arriving in the excavation and aware of what extent it fell in the arrangement in which he fell, Hamilton told the racing engineer on the radio that he was a “lost opportunity” for the team.
“In the end they said it was just a short shower, so I was like,” I will stop it, “and the rest of the path is dry. “So, I was like,” I will stick to it as long as I could and keep it on the path. “They didn’t say more (rain).
Hamilton admitted that he did not believe that Ferrari was “anywhere near the pace as McClans was” after that ” See Norris wins PiaSSTRI spends most of the race second before it is late in the rain.
“But I think in the actual car, there is a lot of performance,” said Hamilton. “I don’t think we have opened this week. I learned a large amount this week, there is a lot that I should take out of. I got some of the changes I have to make next week, and I will see how things will go.
“Today it was a breakfast course in the Ferrari leadership in the rain.”
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