Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to finish inside the top 10 in his Ferrari debut at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, Afrosport reports.
Hamilton made a blockbuster move to the prancing horse after 12 years with Marcedes where he produced six world championships.
The 40-year-old will now be hoping he can win an elusive eighth F1 drivers’ title with F1’s glamorous and most successful team.
Hamilton had a race to forget in Melbourne last year when he retired with a power unit problem while Carlos Sainz, who he replaced at Ferrari, went on to win the race.
“Yeah, well, definitely hope to be in the top 10. I think, well, I mean, I don’t remember where I finished here last time?,” he said.
The former McLaren driver also added that he was not under any pressure to perform in the race despite the immense attention that has been on him since his switch to Ferrari.
“I am under no assumptions it will be easy. I don’t feel the pressure. The outside pressure is non-existent for me. The pressure is from within and what I want to achieve,” he stated.
“I am not here to prove anything to anybody. I have done it time and time again. I know what it takes to do a good job and that’s what I want to deliver, for myself, and my family, for this team that I really believe deserve success.
“They are so driven and maybe they have not had as much success as they would like and deserve. Just want to work towards and contribute to doing it.”
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Hamilton is a two-time winner at the Australian Grand Prix, winning in 2008 and 2015 for McLaren and Mercedes respectively.
