Lewis Hamilton poised for first podium with Ferrari

Ferrari brag Fred Vasseur is assured that Lewis Hamilton volition soon execute his archetypal podium by driving for the Italian team. According to him, it is lone a substance of clip earlier the seven-time satellite champion reaches that goal.

Vasseur points retired that caller races person shown encouraging signs. Hamilton amazingly won the sprint contention astatine the Chinese Grand Prix, from rod presumption to finish, but his archetypal play astatine Ferrari has not yet brought the occurrence helium expected. The process of adapting to a wholly antithetic situation compared to the semipermanent location successful Mercedes is taking longer than planned.

The British operator was peculiarly unhappy with qualifying up of the summertime break, but though helium inactive trails team-mate Charles Leclerc, Hamilton has shown signs of getting person successful presumption of sheer speed. Vasseur believes that this maturation successful show volition sooner oregon aboriginal bring a podium.

"Yes, due to the fact that helium was capable to combat with [George] Russell astatine Zandvoort, and [managed] to travel backmost from 10th spot to the gearbox of Russell's car [at Monza]," said Vasseur. "Russell has been connected the podium a fewer times. Yes, we tin expect him to beryllium connected the podium arsenic well."

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The Frenchman adds that the passionate reception of the fans successful Maranello and Monza surely helped Hamilton, but that the Briton's crook had been successful the works for immoderate time.

"Honestly, I deliberation it started past week astatine Zandvoort. It's hard to accidental due to the fact that the result of the play wasn't affirmative for him. But astatine the extremity of the day, the gait was amended from the commencement compared to Charles. The ambiance was better. During the contention helium was warring with Russell until thigh 30. That means he's backmost successful a amended position."

"I deliberation the vigor helium received from typhos connected Wednesday and Thursday successful Milan was thing precise peculiar for him. I don't cognize what helium expected exactly, but it was thing huge. I deliberation it gave him an other boost passim the weekend."

Hamilton travels to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix adjacent week successful sixth spot with 117 points, portion helium is 46 points down fifth-placed teammate Charles Leclerc.