MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – “I honestly can’t wait to get out on the track. I’m having the most exciting time of my life, and I’m really enjoying it.” Lewis Hamilton is getting ready to make his official debut behind the wheel of a Ferrari: meet tomorrow at Albert Park in Melbourne for the first free practice session of the Australian Grand Prix that will raise the curtain on the Formula One World Championship.
A World Cup to which the seven-time world champion shows up dressed in red but without feeling any extra pressure. “Over the years I’ve learned that the pressure I put on myself is ten times higher than any other pressure that can be put on me,” he said, “so I’m not worried. In terms of expectations I know what my contribution can be, I know what I can achieve and I know what it takes to achieve the goals. As for me, I will be focused on myself and, together with the team, we will work to maximize the potential of the car. I approach this weekend with a very open mind. It is about getting into the season and finding a good rhythm. I will be focused on myself and together with the team we will work to maximize the potential of the car. I approach this weekend with a very open mind. The goal can only be to start the season on the right foot.”
Alongside the Englishman, Charles Leclerc, who on the eve of the first race of the season, also has his say on the team’s state of form and the weekend ahead of the prancing horse, is ready to do well: “I think that both I and the team have prepared well and we are ready. Now it’s time to put everything together and this weekend we will have a first snapshot of the forces on the field.”
As for Ferrari’s goals, “as always, but even more so at the first race, we will be very focused on ourselves. We don’t have too much information about our rivals, so we will only think about preparing the various stages of the weekend in the best possible way,” the Monegasque stressed. We will work on refining the set-up and put into practice some of the solutions tried in the simulator based on the indications gathered in the Bahrain tests. The goal is to have a straightforward weekend, allowing us to make the most of the SF-25″’s potential.
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