Clément Pédron, Media365: published on Tuesday April 15, 2025 at 9:25 p.m.
fifth of the Bahrain Grand Prix and before the next round in Saudi Arabia scheduled for Sunday, Lewis Hamilton seems better and better with his car. The Briton believes that he knows his Ferrari better.
Little by little, Lewis Hamilton is starting to acclimatize to his new car. After years behind the wheel of a Mercedes, the Briton joined Ferrari at the start of the season. But for the time being, if the marriage between the two games is not lacking in charm, the couple has a little trouble performing together. There is logically an adaptation time to be respected but it would seem that it is over! Last Sunday, n ° 44 “improved” its best place with the Scuderia ending in fifth row just behind his teammate Charles Leclerc.
And the least we can say is that this brand has pleased the British. Even if this result is not (yet) in line with the ambitions of the Italian stable, “LH” appreciated his race and entrusted that he was understanding his car. “I piloted the same car in the same stable for so long … and I arrived in a new car which requires a different style and settings,” said the seven -time world champion.
Best to come?
Reading the rankings of the first four races of the season, the declarations of the former Mercedes pilot seem to find this echo. However, work is logically not over. If Ferrari has to progress in a more general sense, Lewis Hamilton must do an additional work to him to know his car at the tips of his fingers. “I used the engine brake, which I had never done in previous years,” he says to Sky Sports. The brakes are very different, we have Brembo when I had carbon industry over the past 15 years. The car requires a very different piloting style. So I adapt to it, and I think I’m slowly starting to assimilate it and find the right balance. […] As I said, I think I understood how the car likes to be controlled. This state of affairs suggests an even better future for Ferrari even if the next three traces – Saudi Arabia, Miami and Imola – are very different and that it will still require adjustments.
