has dismissed claims he has “misplaced religion” in after their in China as “full garbage.”
Hamilton gained the dash race in China final outing however was , as was teammate , after each Ferrari vehicles failed post-race technical checks.
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It leaves the seven-time world champion with simply 9 factors after the primary two rounds of the 2025 season, leaving him and 35 factors behind chief Lando Norris already. Nonetheless, Hamilton insists he nonetheless backs the group “100%”, following his transfer from Mercedes within the low season.
“I noticed one thing asking whether or not I used to be shedding religion within the group which is full garbage,” he stated at media day forward of this weekend’s .
“I’ve absolute 100 per cent religion on this group.”
Hamilton additionally admitted that he didn’t anticipate to be combating for the championship at the beginning of this 12 months, as he continues to adapt to his new environment with Ferrari.
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“There was a number of hype at the beginning of the season – what’s vital to recollect is that that is my first 12 months with the group,” Hamilton stated, in Suzuka.
“I didn’t anticipate to win from the get-go, and I didn’t anticipate us to be combating for the championship immediately.
“I’ve tried to spend this time observing how the group operates now we’re working, studying as a lot and as quick as I can.”
Ferrari got here into the brand new season anticipated to contend for each drivers’ and constructors’ championships however a rocky begin to the marketing campaign has left them with simply 17 factors from two races.
Lewis Hamilton insists he “100%” backs Ferrari (Getty Photos)
Hamilton had quite a lot of testy exchanges with race engineer Riccardo Adami, together with over the swapping of locations with Leclerc, in China.
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The British driver says he nonetheless wants time to get used to his new automotive.
“Now we have undoubtedly acquired a number of work to do to verify it’s higher shifting forwards,” Hamilton added.
“I’m nonetheless studying about this automotive, I’ve not examined each merchandise that they’ve but.
“I didn’t really feel frustration or something after (China), it’s what it’s. Now we have gone by every part on the manufacturing unit. Plenty of learnings, we take the highs and lows collectively as a group.
“Probably the most spectacular factor is how the group have taken it, how they’ve labored by the information to see how we progress from right here.”
Further reporting by PA
