The team had a difficult race in Bahrain, with unexpected power unit temperature issues afflicting both cars from the early stages.
George Russell slipped back from an early second to finish fifth, while Hamilton moved up to seventh from ninth on the grid, having gained places from Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri.
The seven-time world champion reported battery issues early in the race, and also suffered with brake temperatures and a broken seat.
Despite those woes, and describing it as a “super average race”, he was in a positive mood after the flag given the potential of the car.
“I feel good - I don't feel downbeat,” said Hamilton regarding his race.
“But what I feel is that the last couple of years, we've had all these problems. And we spent several races undoing all those problems, like trying to figure out what those problems were, as opposed to now we have a platform that we can start adding shit to, adding bricks and stuff.
“So now it's a building process from here, and I think we're a great team in doing that.”
Hamilton faced a catalogue of problems during the race, losing ground to rivals in the early stages.
Source: Autosport