Lewis Hamilton feels that after four races he has finally found harmony with his car, from now on everything will be different and the results will come.
The seven-time world champion's difficulties with the red racing car are also due to the fact that he has not yet "completely let go" of his Mercedes days and the habits he had there:
"It's now become clear that we can really get stuck in our own habits. I drove one car for one team for a very long time, and now I'm sitting in a new car that requires a completely different driving style and settings.
For example, there's the engine braking, which works completely differently. The brakes also work differently. I used a different type than at Scuderia Ferrari. Here we use Brembo brakes; at Mercedes, I've been driving with Carbone Industrie for the past 15 years. This car demands a completely different driving style from me, so I have to adapt. And I'm doing that, I'm adapting, and I think I'm starting to feel how I need to drive this machine.
Charles Leclerc, for example, gets through every weekend with a single setting, while I try one after the other, and that alone puts me at a significant disadvantage. That's why my performance fluctuates; I simply need to work better, and that's what I will do. At the moment, I'm making everything difficult for myself, but at the next race, I'll try a new approach, start with one setting and stick with it. I think I've figured out what I need to be competitive, and if I implement that, I'll qualify better, and if I qualify better, I'll have a much better weekend!” - Lewis Hamilton commented positively.
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