Lewis Hamilton qualified P8 for the Australian Grand Prix but with a new car to tame, he predicts a challenging wet race on Sunday.

McLaren locked up the front row in Melbourne for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, having dominated its rivals, including Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari — whose drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton,

Lewis Hamilton admitted he “didn’t expect” his Ferrari to be nine tenths away from pole position in Australian Grand Prix qualifying. Hamilton will line up eighth on his first start for the Scuderia,