Hamilton: There's not enough pace yet, but it's expected.

      Ferrari believes that the first training sessions of the season at Melbourne's Albert Park were productive for the team, Friday's program was completed, and most of the work was focused on finding optimal settings.

      Charles Leclair had the best time of the day; Lewis Hamilton, his new team-mate, was fifth, and the Scuderia continues to prepare for qualifying and the race.

      Charles Leclair (1st): "The car made a good impression and we had a confident first day on the track. If we talk about balance, we can make further improvements, but everyone in the paddock is doing the same thing, because the cars are still brand new, and it takes a lot of effort to figure out their limits.

      It's too early to draw any conclusions, and we'll get our first glimpse of the overall balance of power only in qualifying. But overall it's a good day, and we're already preparing for Saturday and we want to fight for pole position."

      Lewis Hamilton (5th): "It's great to finally get to work and start my first race weekend with Ferrari. Today I continued to study because I have to fully get used to driving a new car.

      It's completely different from what I'm used to, but it's also a kind of interesting challenge, and I accept it.

      We weren't entirely happy with how the first session went, but we made good progress in the second. It is important that we confidently completed several long series of laps. But in the evening we will have to work on the balance, as we still lack pace, but this was to be expected.

      Now we need to move forward step by step, trying to maximize the potential of the car. Let's see what improvements we can make tomorrow."