India, March 22 -- Lewis Hamilton recorded his first win since making the sensational switch to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula One season, with a victory in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. Hamilton held on to his pole position from sprint qualifying, picking up eight WDC points along the way.

After a subpar opening race of the season in Australia, where he finished just inside the points in tenth, Hamilton shot back at his critics in the wake of his sprint win.

"Today I woke up feeling great ... I feel a lot of people underestimated the steep climb it is to get into a new team," Hamilton said in the post-race interview. "To become acclimatised within the team, understanding, communication, all sorts of things."

"Th...