A “question mark” has been raised about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and his old team Mercedes ahead of the F1 Ch♌inese Grand Prix.

Hamilton had a Ferrari debut to forget last weekend at t💞he 2025 season-opening Australian G🎐rand Prix, finishing 10th, two places behind teammate Charles Leclerc.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes soared to third and fourth via Ge🦩orge Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli respectively.

However, the race in Australia was a chaotic affair in wet conditions which means there are unanswered questions about the F1 pecking order.

“We haven’t had a chance to see where Ferrari sit within the top four,” Bernie Collins told🗹 the Sky F1 podcast.

“We are still not sure ✱after Australia, because of what happened in🙈 qualifying and the wet race.

“It should look stronger, at least. They shouꦍldn’t be finishing ꦯeighth and tenth, for sure.

“They will have learned a lot com🐬mun♐ication-wise from the first race. There was a lot going on there.”

Hamilton and his new race engineer 🌺Riccardo Adami fou꧟nd communication challenging in their first grand prix together.

Hamilton repeatedly saꦕid “leave me to it”, which Martin Brundle called “angsty”.

The relationship between Hamilton and Adami must improve heading into their second outing togethe♈r in China if they are to out-pace Mercedes.

“China is a different track in different tem💦peratures and tyre compounds,” Collins said.

“It looks lik🌱e a dry weekend. It looks warm for China although the forecast changes.

“It is going to play to different streng🐎ths. We should see them move♋ up.

“The question mark for me is: ‘are they f꧂aster than 🍰Mercedes or not?’

“Hopefully we get an answer by Saturday. The༺y have got two gos ♚at a qualifying session.”

'Difficult' Chinese GP for rookies

🐽The F1 Chinese Gran🍷d Prix is a sprint race weekend, meaning a different schedule is in place.

This could play havoc for the six rookie drivers on the grid - several of whom endured an opening weekend to forget in Australia, ꧒largely because of the wet conditions.

They must now seamlessly adapt to a different schedule in China - one practice session then sprint quali🃏fying on Friday, the sprint race then qualifying for the grand🎶 prix on Saturday, then the grand prix on Sunday.

“It is really difficult,” Collins warned.

“Last year was particularly difficult in C💜hina because we hadn’t been since 2019.

“This year, they🐠 will have last year’s data to look at.

“From a rookie point of view, there is a lot of driving before you hit the main qualifying a🐽nd the main race.

“There are less engineers playing with setups, like 🌌on a normal weekend.

“Ye🦂s, you are straight into a competitive session which is difficult.

“But you should have more track time by the time you get to qualifying on Saturd🌳ay afternoon, and 𝓰the race on Sunday.”