‘Worse Than I Thought’: Hamilton Endures Difficult Ferrari Debut

As a result of the seven-time world champion’s difficult start to his career at the Scuderia, Lewis Hamilton claimed on Sunday that he found his new Ferrari “really, really hard to drive” in the rain.

After making a bombshell switch from Mercedes, the 40-year-old is hoping for a new lease of life, but his first year with the Italian team has been a difficult one.

In the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, he finished 10th behind teammate Charles Leclerc in a rain-hit race punctuated by safety cars and well off the pace of McLaren, Red Bull, and Mercedes.

It turned out much worse than I anticipated, and it was very challenging. After a series of crashes in the tense conditions, he declared, “The car was really, really hard to drive today.”

For me, it just feels grateful that I kept it out of the wall because it frequently wanted to go there. ”

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Hamilton’s first Grand Prix was held in wet conditions in the Ferrari, not to mention his first Grand Prix.

He was once heard on the radio telling his race engineer they had “missed a big opportunity” to capitalize on a strategic lead after he briefly led during a series of pit stops under the safety car, a position he was clearly getting used to at the new team.

He was subsequently dropped back down the field by a delayed return to intermediate rain tyres, but the Briton later admitted there had been “a lot” to take from his debut.

He said, “Just getting used to the new power unit in the wet.”

It requires a different steering wheel configuration, a different driving style, and a different setup.

I spent the entire time together and eventually took the lead. I believe we missed out on the only information regarding how much more rain was coming. ”

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