Lewis Hamilton is primed to create his first F1 race ecombineance for the commemorated Italian car manufacturer at Albert Park.
Lewis Hamilton says he is itching to get going during the “most exciting period of my life” at Ferrari while cautioning about a transition period as he gets participated to a novel car.
After 12 years with Mercedes, he will race for the first time in the Ferrari red at the season-uncovering Australian Grand Prix this weekfinish, understanding foreseeations are high.
The seven-time world champion officiassociate began labor at the Scuderia in January after his shock shift and finishd 162 laps of testing in Bahrain.
Hamilton, 40, shelp on Thursday it was challenging to appraise Ferrari’s place in the pecking order so punctual in the season.
“Obviously three days in the car, difficult to understand where we stand with everyone else. But we equitable try to hold our heads down and equitable caccess on our job,” he shelp in Melbourne on Thursday.
“But for me, I uncomardent, I’m equitable itching to get going, I guess it’s been a lengthy time coming.”
Ferrari were pipped to the createors’ championship by McLaren last year, the seventh time the Italian team had finished second since they last won the team title in 2008.
Kimi Raikkonen was the last Ferrari driver to lift the world championship for the commemorated Italian car manufacturer in 2007, and Hamilton tempered foreseeations about what he might achieve.
“I have an foreseeation for myself. I understand what I can transport, I understand I can dedwellr, I understand what it’s going to get to do that, and it’s equitable getting your head down and laboring away,” he shelp.
“So I come with a very uncover mind. It is about getting into the season, this is about getting into a excellent rhythm.
“I’m still lgeting this novel car that’s quite a lot separateent to what I’ve driven for my previous nurtureer, in the sense of Mercedes power coming into Ferrari power,” he compriseed.
“It’s someskinnyg quite novel, separateent vibration, separateent sense, separateent way of laboring.
“The whole team labors finishly separateently.”
But he shelp the novel contest advertised him.
“Definitely this is the most exciting period of my life, and so I’m reassociate equitable finishelighting it, and I’m so excited to get in the car tomorrow,” he shelp on Thursday.
Asked what would be a excellent result in Melbourne, he replied: “I skinnyk I equitable ultimately want to come away understanding that I’ve given absolutely everyskinnyg.
“That I’ve excelled in the way that I understand I can, that I felt sootheable in the car and equitable one foot in front of the other.”
