Lewis Hamilton has admitted that Ferrari nonetheless has a whole lot of work to do to catch as much as Mercedes, however insisted that it’s “not inconceivable”.
Each Hamilton and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc had extremely sturdy begins to the Australian Grand Prix. The Monegasque driver took the lead from George Russell on the race begin and the primary handful of laps noticed a robust battle between the 2 drivers. Hamilton was additionally within the combine, following carefully behind after pulling himself from a seventh place begin.
When two separate incidents triggered digital security vehicles, the Maranello outfit determined to not pit each Leclerc and Hamilton. Whereas the seven-time champion questioned the choice on the time, he defined after the race that he would assessment it.
“I’ve to return and take a look however I am usually actually pleased with the crew,” Hamilton advised Sky Sports activities F1. “They’ve achieved a tremendous job to get the automobile to the place it’s. After all, we aren’t as quick as Mercedes and we now have work to do, however we’re proper within the battle.
“It was a very enjoyable race and it felt good for me. A pair extra laps and I’d have had Charles, so I had nice tempo. Plenty of positives to take from right this moment.”
When requested if the Australian Grand Prix was a real illustration of Ferrari’s tempo, he added: “All weekend I have been actually sturdy. Qualifying did not present the true tempo. We had just a few issues via qualifying which meant I used to be additional again than I ought to have been.
“We went into right this moment and none of us actually knew what the true tempo can be however I felt nice from the get-go.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Photograph by: Andy Hone/ LAT Photos by way of Getty Photos
“There’s a lot of positives however we now have a whole lot of work to do to catch Mercedes nevertheless it’s not inconceivable. I consider we are able to shut the hole. It is not going to be simple, bought a whole lot of work to do as a result of it is fairly vital, significantly on a single lap.
“We have to discover out whether or not it is energy, or battery energy, however the vehicles are simply as fast via the corners so we have to maintain pushing.”
Hamilton finally completed the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in fourth. Mercedes celebrated a 1-2 end with George Russell taking the victory and Kimi Antonelli in second. Leclerc took the final spot on the rostrum in third.
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