The early signs have been positive for Lewis Hamilton. While the team has not been able to execute either race weekend in Australia and China perfectly, Hamilton took his first sprint pole and victory in Shanghai as a welcome boost to his stint with the Italian powerhouse.
Hamilton has spoken at length about how he is still getting up to speed to extract the maximum out of the 2025 car, which is built accordingly to a different philosophy compared to the Silver Arrows. Over 12 years at Mercedes, the seven-time world champion naturally built up a lot of muscle memory in terms of how he likes to drive his F1 cars.
