Ferrari F1 team principal Fred Vasseur has made a confident prediction that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton will be able to “perform soon”.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton was down in 12th in opening practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on his Ferrari debut and also 0.6s off the pace set by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, who was third.

Hamilton improved to fifth in second practice but was once again unable to match Leclerc, ending up 0.420s adrift of the 27-year-old Monegasque who topped FP2 ahead of the McLarens of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

The 40-year-old Briton only had one-and-a-half days of testing behind t🐼he wheel of Ferra🅘ri’s new car prior to Friday’s running in Melbourne.

“It's not [the goal] that he has to be at the limit on one session, it's not a matter of speed,” Ferrari boss Vasseur said a꧅fter opening practice at Albert🦋 Park.

“The target is to for him to know everybody into the team, to discover the software, the process, the system. I’m really convinced that we have something very similar to Mercedes, but at the end💝 of the day, perhaps not with the same name or the same way to use them.

“🤡It’s just a learning process. We did one or two test days with the TPC one month or two months ago. It was a good way to approach it, but nothing compared to the race weekend. You know that means that we have to go through and we have to do it. I'm not worried at all about this.

“You can’t draw a conclusion after the first session. I have absolutely no doubt he will be able to perform and perform soon. Last year, I think Carlos was P8 or P9 in free pr🐻actice, and he won the race.”

Vasseur has ‘good feeling’ about Hamilton

Hamilton has spent recent weeks adjusting to his new team and their work💙ing practices after making his first appearance at Ferrari’s famous 🌳Maranello factory back in late January.

"We had two mont𒁏hs of marketing - it 🐲was a huge wave at the beginning,” Vasseur added.

“The most important t♌hing is to be able to turn th𒆙e page and get back to business as usual, to do FP1, FP2. It’s a long way. We have something like 150 sessions over the year, so this is just the beginning of the story.

“We just have to focus on it and for📖get about the world arou♓nd us and work as a team. But honestly, when he’s in the briefing room, he’s fully focused on the objective and he knows the job perfectly, and he has to build relationships with the team.

“That’s not a long process, but it’s a process we have to follow. We are on that path. We shouldn’t expect too much from the first session - that’s not the target. Wꦆe know we have a long way to go, and honestly, we did a good step compared to last year and I have a good feeling.”