“If you’ve seen our past races, the positions we’ve been in, we start the weekend really optimistic and then [there’s] the realisation of our true pace. I don’t know what the pace is going to be like this weekend.
“I’m hoping we’re able to extract more from the car, and that’s what we’ve been working towards this past two weeks. To get a good result, to get finally on the podium for Ferrari, that would be a first for me.
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“To look down and see the team, who for my whole career I’ve always watched… whether I’m on the podium or from the side watching on TV, you can see the passion and how much it means to not only the people in the team, but also to the Tifosi… that’s what I dream about, what I’m working towards.”
Ferrari sit fourth in the Teams’ Championship standings after the first six Grands Prix of the campaign, 152 points away from leaders McLaren, while Hamilton holds P7 in the Drivers’ battle, two spots behind Leclerc.
