Lewis Hamilton’s Australian GP
Other than that F1 for kids which should have benefited the rookies more than the veterans: fresh from an overall positive weekend, in which he was always in the zone Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton he closed the first GP of the new technical era in fourth place and just over half a second behind his teammate. A decidedly encouraging start for the 41-year-old Englishman, who in a Formula 1 where management seems to be acquiring greater relevance returns to show off his historic and consolidated ability to read races.
Sir Lewis’ hot comment
So, although the podium continues to elude him – he has now had 25 races abstain from champagne since he arrived in Maranello – Hamilton can still smile for a weekend that could avert the recurrence of the heavy difficulties of 2025.”This weekend we were very strong on pace – explains Lewis Hamilton in the interview ring after the checkered flag of the Australian GP, to Mara Sangiorgio’s microphones for Sky Sports F1 – while unfortunately in qualifying we were unable to demonstrate our true pace. We had some problems in official practice, which then affected us forced to start much further back than we would have liked to be”.
From seventh place at the start (which later became sixth due to the withdrawal of Oscar Piastri’s McLaren) to the final fourth, therefore, the performance is satisfactory, even if there is still a bit of disappointment about the result: “What we got today isn’t exactly what we wanted, but I felt great from the start and towards the end I was filming Charles. A couple more laps would have been enough for me to be able to overtake himso there are many positive aspects to record. At the same time However, we have a lot of work to do to catch the Mercedesbut it’s not impossible so I have to thank the people who worked in the factory“. “We are proud of them, but we have to keep pushing and gritting our teeth for the next race”, concluded Lewis Hamilton at the end of the Australian F1 GP.
