Lewis Hamilton has set an bold goal of securing his first podium for Ferrari after beating Charles Leclerc in qualifying within the F1 Spanish GP. The 7x F1 champion bought one over on his teammate for simply the second time this season and might be beginning the race in P5.

Qualifying has not been Hamilton’s power of late, and most of the time, Leclerc has had the sting over the veteran. In the course of the F1 Spanish GP qualifying, in what was a welcome change for Ferrari itself, each drivers had been inside a tenth of one another by Q2. Charles Leclerc, nevertheless, had a special technique for Q3 in comparison with Lewis Hamilton.

In contrast to his teammate, who was going to do two runs on recent mushy tires, Charles Leclerc was planning on doing solely a quick run. With Leclerc executing his lap a lot sooner than Lewis Hamilton, the 7x F1 champion was in a position to reap the benefits of observe evolution and beat his teammate.

Looking forward to the race, Lewis Hamilton was assured of the tempo within the automotive and set himself a goal of combating for a podium on Sunday. Speaking to Sky Sports activities, he stated,

“I am wanting ahead to it. I bought a little bit of a future yesterday. Will probably be shut between all people. It is superb how shut all people is. Half a tenth can put you from sixth to eleventh. The long term might be difficult for everyone. Most individuals have softs and one medium. Charles and a pair others have two mediums.”

He added,

“Which tyres are one of the best? Which technique is one of the best? The important thing might be getting a very good begin. My aim is to try to get a podium. I’ve not had one for God is aware of how lengthy.”

Lewis Hamilton proud of one other prime 5 in qualifying

The change in fortunes for Lewis Hamilton in qualifying got here after the Ferrari driver was not too proud of the sensation of his automotive on Friday. The driving force’s early impression after the follow periods was that he wasn’t comfy within the automotive.

Speaking about how the crew turned issues round and helped him safe a 3rd consecutive prime 5 consequence, Lewis stated,

“It was fairly good. Friday began off enjoyable however we had an issue with the ground, so I misplaced loads of downforce in P2 and the stability shifted massively. It was a bit complicated as a result of we did not actually change something then unexpectedly we had this downside.”

He added,

“We fastened it for immediately and the automotive was rather more drivable, rather more fulfilling and we clearly made an enchancment in qualifying to get into Q3 and be within the prime 5. I am actually proud of that.”

Lewis Hamilton has but to attain a Grand Prix podium with Ferrari till now. The driving force could be hoping to make it occur on Sunday as he begins to get on prime of the automotive.