Lewis Hamilton has revealed that arriving on the grid ahead of the F1 sprint race in China with Angela Cullen proved to be a blessing in disguise as he clinch▨ed his first victory in Ferrari colours.

Hamiltonﷺ dominated the F1 sprint race at the Shanghai Internationa༺l Circuit, winning by over six seconds.

The seven-time world champion controlled the race from the front, managing the gap to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen behind.

Hamilton slowly increased his lead over Verstappen before building up a six-second lead over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, who managed to ♉get by the reigning F1 world champion.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚThis has be♛en a remarkable improvement for Hamilton compared to seven days ago.

Speaking after the sprint in the FIA press conference, Hamilton admitted he and Cul♓len - his physiotherapist - arrived on the grid ahead of the race too early.

While Hamilton conceded that Cullen is “still getting used to things” after📖 being away from F1 since 2023, he highlighted the positives of how being on the grid early actually had a clear benefit.

“Well, I felt unusually calm in myself. I would say definitely more so than usual,” Hamilton said. “I'm generally a relatively calm person, but I think today there was a stillness in me that I haven't felt for a long time. I didn't know if that was going to be a good or bad thing – if I'm dorman🔯t or just ready.

“But also, I've got… Ange and I, it's her first... you know, Ange is still getting used to things. This🐠 is her first Sprint for ages, so even for her, we came to the grid and we happened to be tꦍhere a little bit early... You know, like, shoot, we were earlier than normal. Yeah, just the timing, I was like, I'm going to get in the car. And it actually worked really nice.

“I got time to spend talking to the engineers from the car. I think really from the moment – the good start that I had, I was really happy with the start – and then a couple laps in, I felt that I was managing. So I felt like I had the car beneath me. But of course, the two behind were pushing quite hard, and I could see Max w𓃲as getting close in certain places, so I didn't know.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton bounces back from Australia setback

Hamilton🐼 will be buoyed by his performance in the sprint race, especially after a disappointing weekend in Australia.

The 40-year-old was out-paced by teammate Charles Leclerc throughout the weekend at ♑Albert Park.

Hamilton spent the majority of the race behind Alex Albon before a poor str🎉ategy call by Ferrari cost him a chance at a big points haul.

H🌠amilton would fiꩵnish 10th in Australia - the worst finish by a Ferrari driver on debut since Luca Badoer in 2009.

A week later, Hamilton took pole i🐽n the sprint before dominating the r🐼ace.