Hemilton “Gobsmacked” as he first gets Ferrari Sprint Poll

Seven times Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton It is said that he is “a little gobsmacked” after taking the first sprint pole of his newborn. Ferrari Era.

Hamilton came to Shanghai after a hard weekend for both himself and Ferrari in Australia, only through the management speed and lack of poor strategy in Melbourne.

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But the 40 -year -old in a new Shanghai track record in China took a pole for the first sprint race of the season and strongly rebounded in China, stopping the world champion. Max Verustapane 0.018 seconds with McLaren Oscar piastry Even within a tenth.

Hamilton said, “I didn’t expect that result, but therefore, so happy and so proud.”

“Obviously, the last race was a disaster for us and clearly we knew that there was more performance in the car, but we were not able to remove it.

“Come here, the car really became alive from Lap one. We made some great changes – the team did a great job through a break to prepare the car.

“I’m a little shock. I can’t believe that we have actually found a pole in Sprint. This is not the main race, so we have to work for tomorrow, but it keeps us in a good place for the race.

“It is amazing to see number one when you stop and are in a red car. It’s very incredible.”

Expanding his merit effort for Sky Sports F1, Hamilton said that he was not sure when Ferrari would be in a position to compete on the front in view of McLaren’s early dominance, and he was already “GobsMacked” to be able to fight with the Woking Squad.

“I’m just a little gobsmacked – I was a little withdrawn by it,” he said.

“I didn’t know when we would reach the post and after the last weekend, it was a difficult start for the week.

“We came here with aggression and want to go over the weekend and actually bring the car to a magnificent place.

“I started directly with a better feeling in the car and I can’t just believe that we are in front of McLaren, which is in full winter test and of course in the last race and still today.

“I am really grateful to just fight with these great drivers and being so close to these other teams.”

Hamilton reported that he is still running in unknown for Saturday morning sprint as he has not yet done a proper run in SF -25 in dry conditions.

“I didn’t find the race to run in Bahrain,” he said. “Obviously, we raced wet at the end of last week, but tomorrow my first real race would be like run, and Sunday will be my first appropriate race in the drought with this car.

“So, I am learning. I hope we can catch it. But I think McClance is very, very, very fast, as Max is, but we are in a good position.”