{"id":442551,"date":"2026-01-30T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:52:09","slug":"im-proud-of-everyone-lewis-hamilton-buoyed-by-really-productive-start-to-barcelona-shakedown-for-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442551\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m proud of everyone\u2019 \u2013 Lewis Hamilton buoyed by \u2018really productive\u2019 start to Barcelona Shakedown for Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Lewis Hamilton echoed team mate Charles Leclerc\u2019s positive early sentiments after Ferrari completed their first running of the Barcelona Shakedown on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Following on from a demo outing at Fiorano last week, <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiZmVycmFyaV9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vdGVhbXMvZmVycmFyaSIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> gave the SF-26 its first proper pre-season mileage at the Spanish venue \u2013 <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoibGVjbGVyY19saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vZHJpdmVycy9jaGFybGVzLWxlY2xlcmMiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/charles-leclerc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leclerc<\/a> running in the morning session and <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaGFtaWx0b25fbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2RyaXZlcnMvbGV3aXMtaGFtaWx0b24iLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton<\/a> taking over for the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Some of Leclerc\u2019s mileage was racked up in dry conditions, before rain arrived and persisted for the remainder of the day, meaning all of Hamilton\u2019s laps came on a wet track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Giving his assessment after jumping out of the car, Hamilton said: \u201cVery challenging today, because it started raining at 10.30am \u2013 obviously Charles had a little bit of dry running then it\u2019s been wet all afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cFiguring out how to get the tyres working was really productive \u2013 I think we got 120 laps or something like that. Given it\u2019s in the wet conditions and we had a red flag, I think that\u2019s pretty solid, so I\u2019m really proud of everyone back at the factory for getting the car to this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWe got a lot of information on the car today \u2013 we definitely need to keep it up, [there\u2019s] lots and lots to do, but a good first day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Pushed on how satisfying it is for Ferrari to hit the ground running amid such big regulation changes, the seven-time World Champion added: \u201cI mean, it could be so much worse. To get through the day without too many major\u2026 there were no major issues, it\u2019s just small little increments that we\u2019re trying to improve on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI think it\u2019s great. As I said, we just need to try and get some more days like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hamilton then shared some thoughts on what lies ahead for himself and Ferrari this week, with teams permitted to run on three of the five Shakedown days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m hoping to experience the car in the dry, and I think just understanding balance,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve not driven it in the dry, so I don\u2019t really have a feeling for it. Obviously we drove it in the wet, which is only the front part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cThen just understanding the deployment. I think deployment\u2019s going to be crucial, and understanding that, how to utilise the power, the battery throughout the lap, and recharging, all that kind of stuff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI mean, we\u2019ve done a huge amount of work \u2013 everyone\u2019s done a huge amount of work on the simulator, so it\u2019s not like it\u2019s 100 percent brand-new for us. But we still have to go through our sessions and through the data to try and optimise it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton echoed team mate Charles Leclerc\u2019s positive early sentiments after Ferrari completed their first running of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-442551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}