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 | | Lewis Hamilton about the likely rain at the Australian Grand Prix: I never went to Ferrari in the rain. I don`t know which buttons to press the steering wheel20.03.2025 |
Hamilton is waiting for a possible rain in the race. Pilot Ferrari said that probably the rain Grand Prix of Australia will be a very interesting experience and a serious test for him. Since Lewis has never yet controlled the Ferrari car on the wet highway and did not even test the corresponding operating modes of the car and tuning.
Damn it, I have never drove on this car in the rain. I don’t even know what buttons I will press on the steering wheel tomorrow - so yes, a completely new experience awaits me.
We also use Brembo brake discs in Ferrari, which I have not used for a very, very long time. And I do not know how Brembo brakes will work in the rain, or what kind of system settings we will use.
When you qualify the eighth, you usually just hope for the rain in the race, but I will have only three circles that I can drive behind this car in the rain before the race begins. This will be a real shock, but I will study on the fly and try to give all my best at the maximum.
As for the adaptation process, usually, returning to boxes in case of any problem with the machine, you, if you have experience, can say: well, I want to work in this direction. But now I do not know which tools to use in such conditions. So at first I will have to rely greatly on my engineers - and they are still perfectly cope with their work.
In general, there is a whole bunch of various tools and modes that I am just dealing with. You look at some kind of operating mode and ask: oh, but I have never tried it, what is it doing?
General sensations from the Ferrari car are completely different. The behavior of the machine on braking and balance when passing turns is very different from what was in Mercedes. Here is a completely different mechanical balance, a completely different balance of behavior of the machine at high and low speeds, ”said Hamilton.
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