Lewis Hamilton says he felt like he was far outdoors his consolation zone when driving for Ferrari after ending tenth within the Australian Grand Prix.
Ferrari struggled in Q3 on Saturday and Hamilton began from eighth, one place behind teammate Charles Leclerc. He was caught in visitors for an extended spell in moist situations, and having climbed ahead when drivers had been making an attempt to barter additional rain whereas on slicks, he finally dropped to the ultimate points-paying place within the closing laps.
“Generally it’s OK (being out of my consolation zone), however at this time it undoubtedly didn’t really feel (OK), it felt like I used to be within the deep, deep finish at this time,” Hamilton mentioned. “Every part is new, from the primary time I’m driving this automobile within the rain, the automobile was behaving so much totally different to what I’ve skilled prior to now. The ability unit, all of the steering features, all of the issues which might be thrown to you, you’re making an attempt to juggle all these new issues.
“Sadly, on the finish they mentioned it was only a brief bathe, so I used to be like, ‘I’m going to carry it out’ and the remainder of the observe was dry, so I used to be like, ‘I’m going to stay it out so long as I can and hold it on the observe.’ They didn’t say extra was coming. And swiftly, extra got here.
“So I believe it was simply missing that bit of data on the finish. However I didn’t have any confidence at this time in it, sadly. I’m going to make some modifications subsequent week to the automobile, to the setup.”
Though Hamilton spent a lot of the race looking for a well past Alex Albon, he climbed into the lead at one stage amid a rain bathe, however finally needed to make a pit cease when the protection automobile was deployed and dropped away from the frontrunners.
“In that second, I don’t know, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, I’m third!’ I used to be main for a second. I don’t know if now we have wherever close to the tempo because the McLarens had at this time however I do assume within the precise automobile, there may be much more efficiency, I simply don’t assume we unlocked it this week.”
One facet of the race that obtained loads of concentrate on the tv broadcast was Hamilton’s interactions together with his race engineer Riccardo Adami, however regardless of a number of communication points the seven-time world champion is happy with their place to begin.
“I believe Riccardo did a extremely good job. We’re studying about one another, and little by little, after this, we’ll obtain and undergo all of the feedback, issues I mentioned and vice-versa. Typically, I’m not one which likes a variety of data within the race, except I want it, I’ll ask for it. He did his finest at this time and we’ll transfer forwards for certain.”
