Lewis Hamilton ended his first day in Ferrari grand prix action four tenths down on Charles Leclerc in Melbourne.
However, while this should be “taken with a little bit of a pinch of salt”, according to Sky F1 correspondent Craig Slater, he also believes that it could well take Hamilton “a few races” to fully get up to speed.
Lewis Hamilton Ferrari debut: Can the gap to Leclerc be eliminated?
There was a huge amount of attention on Hamilton’s side of the Ferrari garage on Friday in Melbourne, as he took part in his first F1 2025 sessions as a Ferrari driver.
FP1 produced a P12 finish and six-tenths deficit to Leclerc, that improving to P5 and four-tenths off by the end of FP2, as Leclerc topped the session from…