Lewis Hamilton will have to ‘learn on the fly’ if it rains during Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton says he will need to adapt quickly if it rains during Sunday’s race (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Lewis Hamilton admitted he does not know where the wet switch is on his Ferrari as he prepares for a “shock to the system” in Sunday’s rain-expected Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton will start his first race in the scarlet red from eighth after he qualified one place behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, and 0.877 seconds adrift of McLaren pole-sitter Lando Norris.