Lewis Hamilton rejected the suggestions that he could lose faith in Ferrari after two disqualification of the team in China as “complete waste”.
After Hamilton joined the Italian Blockbuster team from Mercedes, he finished his debut in Australia 10. He debut and then claimed the first victory in the Sprint Grand Prix, but then disqualified from the feature race a day later after taking the chess flag at six.
The seven-time world champion would end in Australia if it was not for a costly strategic challenge to remain on dry tires under wet conditions, while his disqualification in China was the result of excessive wear on the SF-25.
Hamilton spoke to the media for the first time since his disqualification in China and said, “Then I really do not feel any frustration. That’s what it is. Of course we went through everything.
“I was in the factory on Wednesday and there were a lot of learning. We’ll take the heights and minimum together as a team.
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Craig Slater explains why two Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified after the race.
“It is obvious that this is not what everyone has worked hard to happen at the weekend. No team or no engineer and no mechanic invent all the efforts of something like that.
“I would say that the most impressive thing is how the team took it, how they worked, how they went through the data and how we proceed from here.
“I saw someone who said something about whether I was losing faith in the team, which is complete garbage. I have an absolute 100 % faith in this team.”
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Ted Kravitz reveals that when promoting the usual notebook, he missed a great detail after the Chinese Grand Prix on the International Circuit in Shanghai Audi.
“I never expected to win one race”
The Union of the most famous driver and the team of sport resulted in a huge number of hype in weeks leading to the 2025 season, but Hamilton insisted that he had never expected immediate success.
He said, “At the beginning of the year there was obviously a huge amount of hype and I do not know if everyone expected to win the One race and win the championship in our first year, but that was not my expectations.
“I know I’m coming to a new culture, a new team and it will take time.”
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Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish when he claimed his first victory with Ferrari in sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Talk to Sky Sports F1 Later on Thursday, Hamilton repeated his faith in the team director Ferrari Frederic Vasseur.
“I’ve really spent the last few months just trying to observe the way this team works – it’s just different from what I have experienced,” he said.
“Each team was different – McLaren was different, Mercedes was again different than McLaren and here again.
“So just observing and seeing where I can contribute and what can I bring to the table. There are areas that we must surely promote, but I think Fred has a great approach.”
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Driving on board with Lewis Hamilton when he took the sensational pole for sprint qualifying on the Chinese Grand Prix.
Hamilton also revealed the conditions of his departure from Mercedes – after 12 seasons with silver darts – he prevented him prevented in the December seating test in Abu Dhabi, which gave drivers a chance to try the new 2025 tires for the first time.
This, along with the problem in the last pre -season testing in Bahrain, prevented him from gaining long -term experience with new compounds.
He said, “And I did not expect to come directly to the season and one race will be one – Sprint Race was a real bonus to be honest.
“It was the first time I had done in the long term on any of the tires and then in the race it was the first time I was driving a C2 tire.”
Sky Sports F1’s Live Japanese GP Schedule
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Look back at some of the most dramatic moments that took place on the Japanese Grand Prix
Friday 4th April
- 3AM: Japanese practical GP one (session starts at 3.30 pm)*
- 5.30: 00: Team directors press conference
- 6.45: 00: Japanese practice GP Two (session starts at 7 o’clock)*
- 8.15: 00: Show F1*
Saturday 5th April
- 3.15: 00: Japanese practice GP three (session starts at 3.30 pm)*
- 6:00: Japanese qualification of Japanese GP*
- 7:00: Qualification of Japanese GP*
- 9:00: Ted’s qualifying notebook*
Sunday 6th April
- 4.30: Setup of Japanese GP: Sunday Grand Prix*
- 6:00: Japanese Grand Prix*
- 8:00: Japanese GP reaction: chessboard*
- 9:00: Ted’s notebook*
*Live also at the main Sky Sports event
The formula is this weekend on the Suzuka iconic circuit for the Japanese Grand Prix, Live On Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with now – no contract whenever cancel
