‘I don’t even know where’ – Lewis Hamilton is surprised by Ferrari after a slow start

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that possibly for the first time in his Formula 1 career, he does not expect to compete in the humid when he makes his debut in Ferrari.

The opening of the season Australian Grand Prix It is forecast to be wet, but Hamilton says he will be “uncomfortable” in conditions that he usually enjoys, since he has not yet faced his new car.

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In fact, he revealed only one day before the race in the morning of Sunday that he didn’t even know where the wet switch was in his new steering wheel, and is still getting used to the Ferrari braking system.

It is a quite surprising admission of seven times Formula 1 world champion, and one who has stopped any expectation that he can obtain his Ferrari Race to a glorious victory underneath.

Is It has not been a soft navigation for Hamilton In the preparation of the Australian GP that he has fought to match his teammate Charles Leclerc In qualification.

The British star survived a mid -session turn and was described eighth in its first competitive output in red, more than two tenths behind Leclerc in seventh.

Go to the Italian giants who need to take out a rabbit to claim a podium place in Sunday’s race, with McLaren following their preseason test form by blocking the front of the network, Lando Norris Claiming the post with the native Australian Oscar Piasstri in second place in his local career.

Defender champion Max Verstappen The third is located, with the former teammate of Hamilton Mercedes George Russell Cuarto.

To worsen things for Hamilton, he even qualified behind Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls and Alex Albon in Williams, which qualified fifth and sixth respectively.

To aggravate a disastrous qualification, Hamilton admitted later that the drizzle will not be the ‘comfort blanket’, it is usually for him when he puts himself at the wheel for his first race since his transfer of £ 50 million to the famous red team.

“I’ve never driven the car in wet,” he told reporters.

“I don’t even know where the wet switch is. I don’t know what buttons I have to change, so it will be new.

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“We are using Brembo brakes, which I have not used since it was much younger. What configuration will I have to use with this car? Everything is different.

“I thought I was more advanced than me. I arrived at P1, and I was as if I still have a long way to go. I don’t know what tool to use at this time, so I trust my engineers for the first time.

“In the past I would say that I want this configuration, that configuration, and I cannot do that at this time.”

He even admitted that he will have to use the beginning of the race as an intensive course on how to conduct his new car in the rain, and will expect that not a premonition.

“When you describe eighth, you expect it to be wet, but for me I have three laps to learn the car in wet, and then I have to go out and run,” he added.

“The wet has often been something that I have enjoyed. Growing up in the United Kingdom, it has been a comfort zone for me.

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“But for the first time in wet I will be in an awkward position. It will be a shock for the system when it comes out. I will learn about the fly and give everything. “

In his return times compared to his teammate Leclerc, Hamilton said: “I just be improving every return, session. It has been a great learning curve this weekend. The car felt very different from what I have experienced here.

“If we look at high speed, I have been down the whole weekend with Charles, who had it from the first moment because he knew what the car does.

“For me, I approached and I am happy to be so close to Charles in my first classification session against a great qualifier.”