‘I wish the race was longer!’ – Lewis Hamilton buoyed by ‘really fun’ Australian GP after ‘feeling great’ in Ferrari’s 2026 automotive

Lewis Hamilton has been left excited for what’s to return after having fun with a “really fun” Australian Grand Prix, with the seven-time World Champion admitting that he wished the race might have gone on longer – significantly after solely simply lacking out on P3 to Ferrari workforce mate Charles Leclerc.

Starting from P7 on the grid, Hamilton made a powerful begin when the occasion bought underway in Melbourne, climbing as much as third place behind the equally fast-launching Leclerc and the Mercedes of George Russell.

With each of the Scuderia’s vehicles remaining out on observe throughout two Virtual Safety Cars – whereas Mercedes pitted Russell and Kimi Antonelli within the first part – the Silver Arrows made a one-stop technique work, which means that Leclerc and Hamilton slipped behind them once they ultimately made their very own stops.

While it appeared that Mercedes had sealed a 1-2, Hamilton chased down Leclerc within the last phases of the race – however the seven-time World Champion narrowly misplaced out on the final spot on the rostrum, crossing the road somewhat over half a second behind his workforce mate.

Despite this, Hamilton was left feeling constructive about his afternoon in Melbourne, commenting afterwards: “I feel great. I feel like I could have kept going – I wish the race was longer! Another five laps or so, I think I would have got third.

“There’s lots and lots of positives to take from today and the car’s feeling great. It was actually a really fun race.”

Quizzed on whether or not he felt that Ferrari might get themselves into the battle on the entrance ought to they make additional enhancements over the subsequent few races, the Briton responded: “Yeah, I feel we’ve bought some work to do to attempt to catch up… We’ve started working on bettering our energy, clearly, as a result of [Mercedes have] simply bought extra energy than everybody, it appears, or extra battery energy, probably not positive what it’s.

“But I really think we maximised our result and our performance, and I felt great in the car so I’m really, really excited for the next races.”

Hamilton won’t have lengthy to attend to get again behind the wheel, with the Chinese Grand Prix going down in only one week’s time.