Having accomplished his first Italian Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver, Lewis Hamilton vowed that he’ll “work as exhausting as I can to someday stand on the highest of that podium.”
Ferrari didn’t have the tempo for compete for the rostrum this weekend in entrance of their passionate Tifosi, however each the trackside group and their drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc extracted absolutely the most of their SF-25.
The Monegasque was aggressive and sensible on the opening lap, overtaking championship chief Oscar Piastri to maneuver himself up into P3. Nevertheless, the SF25 didn’t have the race tempo that will have been sufficient to compete with the McLarens and the Crimson Bull of Max Verstappen, and Piastri managed to select off the Monegasque to regain third spot.
Leclerc was then challenged by the Mercedes of George Russell, however he had a greater tyre administration and he was subsequently capable of escape from the Briton, ending up fourth at Ferrari’s residence race.
His team-mate Lewis Hamilton began from P10 because of his five-place grid penalty. The seven-time world champion had a sensational begin to choose off Yuki Tsunoda and Andrea Kimi Antonelli on the opening lap.
The Briton didn’t anticipate lengthy earlier than he slipped previous Fernando Alonso and Gabriel Bortoleto. He then went on to seek out his previous team-mate George Russell, however he couldn’t discover a well past the Mercedes man, and needed to be content material with sixth.
Commenting on his race, Hamilton added: “We did a strong job immediately and I felt actually comfy within the automotive. The penalty made a great end result difficult, however I gave it all the things on the market to ship the strongest efficiency doable.
“There was undoubtedly some good overtaking. It was powerful coming from the place I used to be to then attempt to catch as much as all these different automobiles.
“Sitting in visitors for durations of time, clearly you lose time to the automobiles up forward and also you eat extra of your tyres up,” continued Hamilton.
Reflecting on his first Monza race as a Ferrari driver, the seven-time F1 champion added: “It’s all the things you can ever hope for. After all, you wish to be combating on the entrance however it’s unbelievable to only be on the receiving finish. It’s Ferrari all the way in which across the observe.
“You see the pit straight now – it’s so far as the attention can see. It’s a dream to drive for this group, and I’m actually simply going to work as exhausting as I can to someday stand on the highest of that podium. That’s my dream.”
He continued: “I’m so honoured to be driving for Ferrari and to be on the receiving finish of the unimaginable love the tifosi have for us right here in Monza. An enormous thanks to everybody for all their exhausting work this weekend, and I’m grateful for the progress we’re making collectively. Grazie a tutti.”
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