Lewis Hamilton believes the 2025 British GP represents the perfect place to score his first podium since his move to Ferrari as the seven-time world champion aims to get his Formula 1 season back on track and sets a target to end a barren run of form.
Struggling to adapt to a difficult SF-25 car, dreams of competing for an eighth world title have long disappeared over the horizon and the probability of winning a race is similarly vanishing with each passing weekend too.
However, not many people would have expected one of the sport’s greatest ever drivers to still be waiting to land a podium, especially following his electric dominance of the Chinese GP Sprint Race.
Yet that’s the state of play heading into the weekend at Silverstone as he continuous a tumultuous transition to life in Italian red, struggling to match the pace of Charles Leclerc in the sister car.
However, Hamilton aims to end that barren run as he sets the target of scoring his first podium for Ferrari at the 2025 British GP, one year on from his famous record-breaking ninth victory in Northamptonshire.
“I am hoping and praying,” Hamilton told media on Thursday. “There is always magic here at Silverstone.
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“It is a very, very special race and I am hoping all sorts of things can help us because we are not as quick as McLaren.
“If it stays dry they will walk the race. I don’t look at those (podium) statistics so it is not something that affects me or I think about.
“But we are here at Silverstone and what better place to change that run so that is what we are working towards.”
Hamilton excited for first Ferrari outing at British GP
Regardless of how the remainder of the weekend plays out, Hamilton will score a memorable moment during Friday’s Free Practice 1 session when he appears before his home crowd as a Ferrari driver.
Following in the illustrious footsteps of name such as Juan Manuel Fangio, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, he will race for the sport’s oldest team at the oldest Grand Prix event.
And he admits it is a moment that he is buzzing with excitement about as he continuous racing for the most popular motorsport team in the world.
“I cannot wait for Friday,” Hamilton added. “Driving a Ferrari at Silverstone for the first time will be special and unique in its own way.
“We have the best fans here, and for a British driver they really do make a difference.
“I have shown that to you time and time again so I hope this weekend they really make the difference for us.”
