Australian F1 GP: Lewis Hamilton Itching for Ferrari Debuts | Motorsports News

Lewis Hamilton is a remark to make his first look in the F1 race for a famous Italian car manufacturer in Albert Park.

Lewis Hamilton says it is itchy to go during the “most exciting period of my life” in Ferrari, while warning about the transition period while getting used to the new car.

After 12 years with Mercedes, the first time will race in the Ferrari Red on the season that opens the Australian Grand Prix season this weekend, knowing that expectations are high.

The world champion at seven hours officially started working in Scuderia in January after his shock and finished 162 rounds of testing in Bahrain.

Hamilton, 40, said on Thursday, it is difficult to evaluate Ferrari’s place in a picking order so early in season.

“Obviously three days in the car, hard to know where we stand with everyone else. But we are just trying to keep our heads and just focus on our business,” he said in Melbourne on Thursday.

“But for me, I mean, I just rank me, I guess it’s been a long time.”

Ferrari was coming out at the McLaren designer last year, the seventh time, the Italian team ended up a second because last won the title in 2008. years.

Kimi Raikkonen was the last Ferrari driver to raise the World Cup for the famous Italian car manufacturer 2007. year, and Hamilton tempered expectations on what could achieve.

“I have expectation for myself. I know what I can bring, I know I can deliver, I know what he will need to do, and it’s only descending and doing.” He said.

“Well, I’m coming with a very open mind. It’s about the entry in the season, it’s about getting into a good rhythm.

“I still learn this new car that is quite different from what I drove for my previous career, in terms of Mercedes’ power that comes to Ferrari power,” he added.

“It’s something completely new, different vibration, a different feeling, a different way of working.

“The whole team works completely differently.”

But he said the new challenge was motivated by him.

“It is definitely this the most exciting period of my life, so I really enjoy it, and I’m so excited to go into the car tomorrow,” he said on Thursday.

When asked what would be a good result in Melbourne, he replied, “I think only ultimately I want to not know that I gave absolutely everything.

“If I was out in the way I know I could, if I felt comfortable in the car and just one foot in front of the other.”