Hamilton is teamed with Charles Leclerc at Ferrari and mentioned he had been impressed by the 27-year-old’s “work ethic”.
“It isn’t too dissimilar to mine,” Hamilton mentioned. “Simply getting on with it. He’s very a lot Mr Ferrari and it has been actually cool to work alongside him.”
Leclerc joined Ferrari in 2019 and has been sooner than each his team-mates, Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz. The Monaquese rejected any suggestion that he was “Mr Ferrari”.
“There is no such thing as a place for one explicit driver in Ferrari,” Leclerc mentioned. “Ferrari is greater than any drivers. And that has all the time been the case. That is what makes Ferrari so particular. There’s assist of the workforce and never one particular driver.
“Lewis is coming as a legend of the game so there may be much more consideration on him than me in the intervening time however I’m utterly positive with it. I utterly perceive that. It is regular it’s that approach. It’s positive for me.”
Requested if he had given Hamilton any recommendation on integrating with Ferrari, Leclerc mentioned: “I actually do not assume Lewis wants any type of recommendation from me. I do know the surroundings greater than him however he has launched himself to the workforce completely and he already appears to be very a lot relaxed.
“It’s a lengthy course of, he’ll study the automobile and workforce extra. The recommendation I’ve given him thus far is usually about meals. He is aware of if he wants something I’m right here to reply his questions, no issues. However he wants much less recommendation from me than I do from him.”
Hamilton joined Ferrari with the goal of successful a document eighth world title however Leclerc mentioned he, too, was decided to turn into champion.
“That is my one and solely goal and aim and dream that continues to be to be ticked,” Leclerc mentioned. “I had fairly just a few desires rising up. One was to be an F1 driver, and to be a Ferrari driver, and to win Monza and Monaco, which I did. And now it is solely about being a world champion. That is my obsession.”
