Louis Hamilton, world champion in Hipskad, claimed to have “100 % confidence” in Ferrari, despite the inadvant rehabilitation of the Italian team in the Grand Prix in China, and the second stage of the Formula 1 season.
Hamilton cars and their teammate, Charles LicerrickThey were excluded from the race in Shanghai after their failure to fail. The British ended in sixth place while Licerrick was fifth.
“I saw someone who says I am losing his faith in the team, which is complete tampering,” Hamilton said on Thursday, before the Grand Prix in Japan. “I have 100 % confidence in this team,” said 40 -year -old driver, who said. Mercedes changed to Ferrari At the beginning of the season.
Hamilton also reduced the expectations about the immediate results: “There was a sensation earlier this year. I don’t know if people expect to win since the first race and play the title in the first year. This was never my thinking. I know I am introducing a new culture and a new team, and it will take some time.”
Technical factors and Ferrari interpretations
LCLERC was excluded because his car has one kilo less than the 800 kg of weight, while Hamilton had excessive wear on a sliding block, the wooden plate under the floor of the car.
Ferrari Farid Vasuor President suggested that a leakage in a Leclerc water bottle may have contributed to the car loss in the car.
“The tires are just part of the interpretation. We have also lost a liter of water with the leakage of Charles bottle. Weight loss is always the sum of small factors,” Vasuor told the newspaper. team.
The French indicated that Ferrari is working in the maximum competition with McLaren and other teams. “The goal in Formula 1 is to bring everything to the maximum: every gram of weight, every tenth of erosion, every millimeter of deformation of the wing. The higher the pressure, the closer these limits you need, and more risks.”