Lewis Hamilton says he “couldn’t be extra excited” as he embarks on his new profession at Ferrari in 2025.
The seven-time champion, whose contract with the Italian crew began on 1 January, stated he was “embracing new alternatives, staying hungry, and driving ahead with function”.
Hamilton selected a publish on LinkedIn to make his first feedback since becoming a member of Ferrari, including: “Let’s make it one to recollect.”
He wrote: “Transferring to Scuderia Ferrari, there’s quite a bit to mirror on.
“To anybody contemplating their subsequent transfer in 2025: embrace the change.
“Whether or not you are switching industries, studying a brand new ability, and even simply taking up new challenges, keep in mind that reinvention is highly effective. Your subsequent alternative is at all times inside attain.”
Hamilton has additionally posted on social media an image of him racing in karting as a boy carrying a helmet in crimson, Ferrari’s color.
He joins Ferrari on the eve of his fortieth birthday on 7 January as team-mate to Charles Leclerc in what many within the sport regard because the strongest driver line-up on the grid.
Ferrari completed 2024 on a excessive, narrowly lacking out on beating McLaren to the constructors’ championship.
Leclerc scored extra factors than any driver – and Ferrari greater than any rival crew – from the Dutch Grand Prix, the race after the game’s summer season break, to the top of the season.
Hamilton has a brief however intense interval to adapt to his new crew earlier than the beginning of the season in Melbourne, Australia on 14-16 March.
Ferrari have given few particulars of their plans for Hamilton, however he’ll go to the manufacturing facility, drive the simulator, and do some days in a 2023 automotive, actions aimed toward getting used to the brand new crew and the way in which the automotive is operated.
The 2025 Ferrari will probably be launched on 19 February, in the future after F1’s first official season launch on the O2 in London.
The official pre-season check days will probably be on 26-28 February in Bahrain, with Hamilton and Leclerc dividing their time within the new automotive equally.
Workforce principal Frederic Vasseur stated at that Hamilton’s first six weeks with the crew have been “important”.
“It isn’t simple however he’s coming along with his personal expertise,” Vasseur stated. “However he isn’t the rookie of the 12 months, I’m not fearful in any respect about this. It’s also the continuity of the earlier rules so we have now some reference. I’m not fearful however it’s true it’s a problem.”
Vasseur expects 2025 to be a detailed battle for the championship between Ferrari, McLaren, Purple Bull and Mercedes.
