Lewis Hamilton’s first race with Ferrari iss marked by nervousness, even before his final tenth place finish — which came after being overtaken by Oscar Piastri on the last lap. This result is far from everyone’s goals and months of fan expectations leading up to this day. The reality of a debut that didn’t match what was hoped for, seen already in the previous days, brought out a certain dissatisfaction in the seven-time world champion, which was evident in the team radio messages during the race.

“Was the race difficult?”, he commented, ” Yes, one of the hardest. To be in those conditions for the first time, in the rain, with this car and power unit, having to manage all the steering functions and the new communication with the engineers was a challenge.”

Hamilton commented after the race on Sky. “It’s a shame, I hoped for more: I held on as long as I could, at one point we were in a position to fight for the podium, but then more rain came, and the situation worsened.” On the performance being worse than expected, he added: “No, we didn’t get the car into the right window, but I don’t think the car is as far off as it seemed today. Even in qualifying, we couldn’t get the best out of the car.”