On the again of a collection of extra encouraging weekends, Ferrari’s seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton claimed that he’s “lastly feeling like I’m on prime of the automobile.”
Following a tricky opening day at the USA Grand Prix, Ferrari bounced again on Saturday to say a fourth and fifth place within the Austin F1 Dash earlier than Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton delivered an excellent job to safe P3 and P5 for the race itself.
The Monegasque took a chance within the race, turning into the one driver within the prime prime 15 to start out on the tender tyre. That danger paid off, as he made his well beyond McLaren rival Lando Norris by way of Flip 1.
Though Leclerc was anticipated to battle on his red-walled tyres, he managed to maintain his tender tyres alive. He made his sole pit cease comparatively early and stored Norris behind, however he finally misplaced out to the Briton within the dying levels of the race. He nonetheless managed to safe his first podium end since Belgium.
His team-mate Lewis Hamilton opted for the traditional technique, beginning on the mediums. He ran fourth for a lot of the race. Though he managed to remain near Norris and Leclerc within the early a part of the race, he misplaced priceless time through the laps immediately forward of his pit cease, which meant he needed to accept fourth place.
Reflecting on his sturdy weekend, Hamilton stated: “It’s been a productive Sunday total. In the present day’s race was a powerful outcome for the group and we gained some good factors.
“My first stint was encouraging, and I used to be within the struggle for third, however after my pit cease the hole to the highest three turned too troublesome to shut,” he continued.
On the again of a disappointing first half of the season, Hamilton appeared to have discovered a treatment for his points with Ferrari’s SF25 by way of the summer season races, and his Austin weekend was an extra testomony to the progress in his brand-new surroundings.
“As an entire, the weekend has been a optimistic one. It confirmed the progress we’re making as a group and confirmed there’s nonetheless extra potential to unlock within the SF-25. Thanks to all of the followers right here, who introduced unbelievable power all weekend.”
“I’m lastly feeling like I’m on prime of the automobile,” stated Hamilton. “I believe we nonetheless have some enhancements we may make. We are able to undoubtedly extract extra, significantly on my facet, as a result of Qualifying wasn’t pretty much as good as I had hoped and the beginning wasn’t nice.
“There are at all times areas to enhance, however it’s optimistic going into the following race, so I hope we will have a good higher weekend,” concluded the Briton.
Teamwork 🤝 properly deserved! pic.twitter.com/7wDVXaRKuC
— Scuderia Ferrari HP (@ScuderiaFerrari) October 20, 2025
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