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Hamilton's Ferrari debut race "a crash course" in the wet

Lewis Hamilton believes his first Ferrari Formula 1 start went "worse than I thought it would go" and was "a crash course in driving a Ferrari in the rain" during the Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton ultimately finished 10th, albeit after leading for a brief spell when Ferrari gambled on staying out during a sudden downpour in the late stages of the race. This proved to be the wrong call, as Hamilton dropped to ninth after eventually stopping for intermediates, and was later passed by the recovering Oscar Piastri.

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