F1 pundit Billy Monger believes 🐼Lewis Hamilton’s perfo♐rmance across the Chinese Grand Prix weekend should give him a “big confidence boost”.

🤪Hamilton dominated the sprint element of the weekend.

The seven🙈-time world champion took pole in sprint qualifying before dominating the Saturday sprint race ൩by over six seconds.

He then backed it up by out-qualifying teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc in qualifying albeit for fifth on the grid.

While Hamilton lacked outright pace in the race, it was a more encouraging weekend for him relative to the season-opening Australian Grand Pꦯrix.

Hamilton and Leclerc were disqualified from the fin💦al race results for two different technical infringe🎐ments.

Ha𒁃milton’s plank underneath his car was d♔eemed too worn, while Leclerc’s car was 1kg underweight after the race.

, Monger explained why Hamilton should be encouraged by his weekend in Shanghai despite his disqualification.

“It✅ was great to see Lewis win in his second actual race for Ferrari because there’s been a lot of talk around that move,” Monger said.

“It’s been one of the biggest things that has happened in Formula 1 across the entirety of the sport really seeing Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, in a 🧔Ferrari.

“It was a really strong weekend for Lewis and although the result for the main grand prix has gone out of the window with being disqualified it will be a big confidenc𒉰e boost and his relationship with the team.

“Moving to a new team can be tough but he’s obviously proved when they get it right he’s capable of winning races which he’s go🌼ne there to d🍸o.”

A tough start to F1 2025 for Ferrari

Ferrari sit level on points with 𒁏Williams after two races in 2025.

In Australia, Ferrari were the fourth-fastest team behind⛄ McLaren, Red Bull a👍nd Mercedes.

However, poor strategy calls on the pit wall thwarted any chance of a bigಌ result.

Ferrari kept both drivers out on slick tyres durin✨g wetꦛ conditions, and when they finally decided to stop, they dropped well down the order.

China proved to be a mixed weekend overall.

Hamilton showed lightning pace during the sprint, but Ferrari weren’t a match for either McLaren or𒆙 Mercedes in the grand prix.

Even 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was able to overtake Leclerc in the closing la💛ps.