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Lewis Hamilton has assessed his start to life as a Ferrari driver in Bahrain. The former McLaren and Mercedes man will complete a long-run simulation in the afternoon session, bringing an end to pre-season testing.
“I still feel that there's still quite a bit to come,” the Brit said. “Fortunately, I got to drive the 2023 car. So, I've really been able to compare to the 2024 and the 2023 car and see where they've progressed, the problems they had on those two cars and how they've improved into this one.
“Obviously, I didn't get to do the test at the end of the year, so for me, I started relatively late compared to others that have come before me – like Sebastian [Vettel] started here in November [2014], so he had a good two months, whereas for me it's been this [one] month period that I've had.
“So, a lot has been crammed in, in that time. But I personally like to just jump in the deep end and figure it out. That's what we're doing, but of course, we're going through the processes and I feel like in this period of time, we've built a really good foundation.”
