will first check a automobile early subsequent yr, with the prospect of him driving on the 2024 post-season check in a non-starter.
Seven-time F1 world champion will depart after 12 years on the Silver Arrows on the finish of the season and solely has three races left earlier than he in 2025.
Within the days straight after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 8 December, some drivers undertake a post-season check alongside junior drivers on the Yas Marina Circuit.
Nonetheless, Hamilton has commitments lined up with Mercedes sponsor Petronas straight after Abu Dhabi, which means he must wait till 2025 to drive within the scarlet purple.
But Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur revealed Hamilton’s first runs are more likely to be one of many group’s “Testing of Earlier Automobiles” (TPC) days previous to the 2025 season beginning.
“I’m undecided that he wants tons of hours of acclimatisation,” Vasseur advised Autosport.
“He’s skilled sufficient to be fast on the primary day, or at the least very quickly. We’ll have one or two TPC days, plus the check in Bahrain, and that will probably be sufficient.”
Hamilton’s TPC day is about to happen on the Fiorano Circuit subsequent to Ferrari’s HQ in Maranello, Italy.
Ferrari’s 2022 challenger, the F1-75, could be the most definitely automobile for Hamilton to drive given TPC guidelines.
Vasseur added: “For certain we’ve got a part of the group already specializing in ’25, on the check plan, on the communication and so, with Lewis being a part of this.
“However not on the race group and it’s not on my thoughts.”
Ferrari are at present battling for the constructors’ title and are 36 factors behind McLaren forward of the following race in Las Vegas.
Hamilton, in the meantime, is on monitor for his worst season in F1 when it comes to championship place. He at present lies seventh, two factors behind Mercedes teammate George Russell.
