Lewis Hamilton could not hide his enormous joy. “I didn’t expect this outcome, but I’m very happy and very proud.”said the seventh time F1 World Champion At his second Grand Prix and Ferrari He was able to achieve First Paul Sprint In his career, he gives him the first position to set off a short race over the weekend. Verstappen was 18,000 from Piastri and 18,000 from third to 80,000 from third.

“The final race was a disaster for us and we couldn’t extract it, but we clearly knew there was more performance in the car.. And I came here in the trucks I worship, Shanghai, beautiful places, the weather is spectacular and the cars are very alive from the first round. We made some major changes. The team did an amazing job preparing the car. It’s ready and I’m still in shock. There’s a pole in the sprint.” Hamilton stood out.

Ferrari’s new signature resurfaces after a disappointing debut with the Italians in Melbourne, winning a difficult battle to turn to partner Leclerc was fourth It shines on two tenths and on turns that benefited from the mistakes of his much-favorite Rand Norris.

But despite his happiness, Lewis puts his feet on the ground and remembers that the important thing on the weekend was Sunday’s race. In short tests, only 8 points are distributed to the winners (such as 7 to 2nd, º points, º points). Lewis knows that the two McLarens are unlikely to fail “Qualy” on Saturday before the main race.

“Obviously, it has to do a great job for tomorrow (for classifying the race on Sunday), not the main race pole, and this is a good step in that race.”he commented.

“I don’t know where the difference lies between Vuelta (as regards Max and Piastri). My first sector is really strong And I think that’s where I improved my time. Certainly there is still time to find it and I would like to apply it in the next classification session. I love seeing number one on the red car, that’s really incredible,” he added.

You’ll see them together with Max and McLaren in the Sprint Race

Lewis Hamilton There is a Max Verstappen Next to the sprint race grid, McLaren PierceThird, it has a great career rhythm. and NorrisFrom the 6th, you will need a great exit to take advantage of your good rhythm. Can I contain my opponent? There is doubt as to what rhythm Hamilton has in his long tanda is. Unknown.

“We didn’t do much in Bahrain. The race was wet last week. Tomorrow will be my first long batch with Ferrari and my first contact in the rhythm of the race. I think we can be there, but McLaren is very quick like Max. We are in a good position, we are positive and we will continue to push.”The British said.