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Lewis Hamilton looks much happier than before the mid-season break and the nadir of Hungary. While he may not be the most comfortable yet in his Ferrari, he is clearly loving being a driver for the team especially in Italy. Nico Rosberg, a former teammate at Mercedes, is yet to an improvement in Hamilton’s form and pointed to his crash at Zandvoort as evidence of a driver not completely in tune with his vehicle, but looking at the Briton filming the tifosi from the presentation lap he soaking it all in. “It’s only your first time once,” he tells Sky on the coverage.