Lewis Hamilton took his first win as a Ferrari driver after securing a lights-to-flag victory in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton took his first win as a Ferrari driver after securing a lights-to-flag victory in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.
In just his second race weekend in red, Hamilton qualified on pole position and won the 19-lap race, which took place on Saturday morning in Shanghai ahead of qualifying for the full-length grand prix.
The win not only marks Hamilton’s first win as a Ferrari driver but was also the seven-time champion’s first victory in F1’s sprint format since it was introduced in 2021.
Hamilton said afterward: „From Lap 1 here this weekend, I’ve been feeling on it. The engineers have done a great job, the mechanics have done a great job to really fine-tune the car — it felt great today, I got a good start, there’s so much grip on this new tarmac it’s hard to look after these new tires and I think everyone was struggling out there the same.
