Lewis Hamilton says adjustments behind the scenes at Ferrari are a much bigger focus for him than the improve it’s introducing this weekend.
Ferrari have made a step backwards since final season, which they ended preventing for victories. Apart from Hamilton’s victory within the dash race at Shanghai, which got here very a lot towards the run of play, the crew has solely mustered three podium finishes thus far, all of which Hamilton’s crew mate Charles Leclerc scored.
For this weekend the crew is introducing one in every of its most important upgrades thus far this yr. “The crew have labored actually exhausting to deliver a brand new flooring,” Hamilton advised the official F1 channel. “I actually don’t know what sort of step it’s, so I’ll discover out tomorrow.”
Nonetheless Hamilton mentioned his focus is on making ready for subsequent season, which might be his second at Ferrari. It’ll see the introduction of the most important overhaul within the technical laws for 12 years.
“I’m centered extra, I might say, on adjustments within the background, foundation-building stuff that we have to put in place as a way to have a greater 2026,” mentioned Hamilton.
“You at all times need upgrades, so I’m grateful for each little bit, whether or not it’s a small or massive piece. What I wish to say is don’t count on a lot change.
“Hopefully tomorrow we’ll discover one thing that we didn’t count on, however once more we don’t actually know, so we are going to discover out tomorrow whether or not or not. Hopefully will probably be a step in the appropriate path and I feel that’s crucial factor, that we’re shifting forwards.”
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Leclerc is hoping the improve gives a basic improve in downforce. “There are issues, we’re conscious of them, we try to deal with them,” he defined. “The sluggish pace [corners] have been an total weak spot thus far.
“Are we concentrating on to try to enhance the sluggish pace efficiency? Sure. Is there a selected weak spot? I actually don’t actually assume so.
“I feel it’s simply total downforce that we want at low pace that I hope we’ll see [get] higher this weekend. However let’s wait and see.”
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