Lewis Hamilton says the “magic” he has skilled at Ferrari since becoming a member of the Italian group has left him extra hopeful than ever of successful a report eighth Formulation 1 world championship.
Hamilton shocked the sporting world final February by asserting he would finish a 12-year stint with Mercedes to hitch Formulation 1’s most iconic group and is now simply weeks away from making his aggressive debut on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, reside on Sky Sports activities from March 14-16.
The 40-year-old Briton was controversially denied an eighth drivers’ title – that may take him away from joint record-holder Michael Schumacher – by Max Verstappen in 2021 and has not since been supplied with a automobile able to contending for the title.
Requested on Wednesday after Ferrari ran their new SF-25 on observe for the primary time whether or not he’s extra hopeful than ever of claiming an eighth title, Hamilton replied: “Sure. However I am additionally conscious there’s a number of drivers that by no means ever get to win a world championship, at the beginning.
“I have been lucky to work in two groups beforehand, work with nice organisations, and you’ve got seen within the historical past of the game the place you’ve got obtained nice groups and issues do not align they usually find yourself, a few of them, not successful the world championships.
“However this group already has an insane legacy they usually’re not in need of what number of world championships they’ve gained. So, I feel of their DNA, they’ve that successful mentality.
“The competitors is fierce and we have had nice outcomes from different iconic groups, like McLaren and Crimson Bull and clearly, Mercedes.
“It may be shut up the highest. However I’ve obtained an important team-mate. The vitality that I am receiving from the group, there’s magic right here.
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“It’s going to still take a lot of hard work and grafting from absolutely everyone. And everyone’s putting that in already to achieve it.
“Nevertheless it’s additionally about perception. Everybody right here goals of successful with Ferrari, each single particular person on this group.”
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