He added: “What’s secret is we by no means wish to get forward of ourselves. We do not know the place everybody else is. We all know all the opposite groups will likely be doing an important job as nicely, so we’re simply conserving centered on taking one step at a time.
“I’m nonetheless acclimatising to the Ferrari automobile. It’s a lot totally different to what I’ve lived with for the previous couple of years on this era of automobiles, but additionally controls and the whole lot.
“During the last 10 years, I’ve been used to a sure manner of working and I’m nonetheless adapting to these issues.”
Ferrari workforce principal Frederic Vasseur stated Hamilton had “introduced a brand new vitality to the workforce” since becoming a member of.
Leclerc stated the automobile had given him no dangerous surprises on Wednesday and added he felt Hamilton was becoming a member of the workforce “on the proper time” due to the adjustments Vasseur had made within the final two years.
“Fred has a really large energy at conserving the emotional degree of the workforce at an excellent degree,” Leclerc stated. “We now have been a lot extra stable on that previously years.
“Lewis becoming a member of the workforce has been an enormous increase and has been superb in so many areas. I really feel just like the workforce could be very calm and clear in what’s the path to work in and never being affected by the whole lot occurring within the workforce.
“We had an excellent automobile however wanted extra efficiency, and that’s the place we centered on this automobile. We centered on small issues in each space.”
Hamilton stated of his new team-mate: “Charles could be very embedded on this workforce. He’s very quick and I’m utterly conscious of that.
“It’s not going to be straightforward to beat him, however we are going to work collectively and have some nice races, I hope.”
