Lewis Hamilton makes preparation claim as Ferrari F1 debut looms
Lewis Hamilton is gea𓃲ring up for his Ferrari F1 racꦬe debut in Australia next week.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton believes he is as “best prepared” as he can be heading into his first F1 season with Ferrari.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton h൩as spent the past month acclimatising himself with Ferrari after making a blockbuster switch over the winter from rivals Mercedes, who he raced with for 12 seasons.
Hamilton has completed an extensive private testing programme i🦄n older Ferrari F1 cars, as well as getting one-and-a-half days behind the wheel of the famous Italian team’s 2025 challenger, the SF-25,🗹 in Bahrain.
Despite only getting a short period of time to get up to speed with Ferrari, Hamilton feels he is in the best place he possibly can be heading into nex⭕t weekend’🌠s season opener in Australia.
"It has been a long winter but it's also been v♍ery short," Hamilton told BBC Sport.
"But I'm really grateful. We had good testin🌠g last week. I can't believe the race is already next week so already start to make my venture to Australia on Friday. It'll start to sink in a little bit as this weekend before arrives.
"I feel excited. I feel we're as best prepared we could be given the short space of time that I've had. There's still t🌸hings to le🌺arn but I'm just excited to get going. I love racing.
"All the other stuff is stuff I love less. Racing is what I💜 love. Being🌺 at Melbourne is going to be very reminiscent of my first grand prix there.”
The 40-year-old Briton said he will still be “♚pinching myself” as he prepares for his eagerly-anticipated race bow in Ferrari’s iconic red colours i🤪n Melbourne.
"I'm now embarking on somethi🎐ng brand new fo൩r me and something I didn't think would happen when I turned 40," he added.
"I'm still pinching myself. Ne♔xt week when I get to the race, I'm 🐠going to be starting a grand prix in red - wow!
“I don't have the words to really explain how excited I am, just trying to stay cool and♏ calm, but for sure arriving in red is going to be cool.”
Hamilton and Leclerc wow Tifosi in Milan
Hamilton and teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Charles Leclerc put on a🍒 show for Ferrari fans durin♈g a demonstration run in the streets of Milan on Thursday.
The pair got drove Ferrari’s SF-21 and SF-9🥂0 respectively and performed donuts in front of the crowds which lined the str💞eets.
Hamilton and Leclerc then addre🏅ssed the adoring Tifosi on stage🏅 as they took part in a fan Q&A.
Ferrari are lookin🐼g to end their 17-year-wait for a world titﷺle in 2025.
The Scuderia last won the drivers’ championship with Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, while their most ⭕recent constructors’ crown cam♐e the following year in 2008.
"I'm super🔜 motivated," Leclerc said. "Obviously there has been so much ꦕwork behind the scenes, and we want to try and win that one.
“We will see where we stand once we finish that first race and work fr🥃om thereꦦ, but there's a lot of motivation and we want to bring Ferrari back to the top for sure."

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