Lewis Hamilton has revealed he and Ferrari will take a look at some new concepts to attempt to enhance on their qualifying type at this weekend’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion secured his finest results of the season on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, having staged a powerful restoration drive from twelfth on the grid to complete fourth.
Not solely did it mark Hamilton’s finest end in a grand prix for Ferrari, it was additionally the primary time he completed forward of teammate Charles Leclerc on a Sunday, who has largely held the higher hand this yr.
Qualifying has proved to be Ferrari’s largest weak spot in 2025, with Hamilton and Leclerc struggling a disastrous double Q2 elimination on the crew’s first race in Italy final trip at Imola.
Hamilton visited Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters on Monday straight after the race because the Italian outfit proceed their work to handle their efficiency deficit over one lap.
“So I used to be within the simulator on Monday, I used to be in good and early within the morning,” Hamilton mentioned on Thursday in Monaco, the place Crash.internet are current within the paddock.
“It’s actually unbelievable to see the engineers and the mechanics, it doesn’t cease. They go house on the Sunday evening after which they’re within the manufacturing facility the following day. It simply doesn’t cease, they’re churning by means of the info.
“There’s a lot of a lot of positives as we mentioned final weekend to take from it. There’s nonetheless areas that we have to enhance on. Qualifying has been our large weak spot this yr.
“We’re not extracting the efficiency from the tyres and that’s one thing we’re engaged on. I had some concepts, the crew had some concepts, and so we are going to strive these this weekend.
“It’s not the most effective place to strive these issues however we are going to attempt to make a step in qualifying. It’s a pure development over the yr.
“I’m feeling extra at house within the crew, issues work in another way right here. They’ve by no means had anybody like me right here, and so it has been difficult on each side.
“However we’re actually discovering concord I believe in the way in which that we’re shifting forwards. I hope that that begins to mirror.”
Lewis Hamilton ‘studying one thing new’ each weekend
The 40-year-old Briton spoke about his persevering with adaptation to life at Ferrari as he seems to be to place his early struggles behind him.
“Each weekend is one thing new,” Hamilton defined. “Like final weekend was the primary time I have been to a European race, seeing the truck, discovering my room, getting accustomed to a brand new format.
“This weekend strolling into the storage it is all crimson, it is the primary time I have been in Monaco… I’ve by no means been within the Ferrari storage in Monaco. I’ve all the time walked previous it, I all the time questioned what it might be prefer to be within the crew. I simply did not see it till now and it’s superior.
“I’ve for years all the time questioned what a Ferrari would really feel like round this observe. Even my first yr I believe the Ferraris had been very sturdy. Clearly Charles in the previous couple of years has been speedy right here.
“You’ll be able to see the automobile works so much totally different to what I had pushed up to now. How that displays this weekend I do not know however I am positively excited to expertise it.”
