Lewis Hamilton is about to make his Ferrari observe debut on 22 January at Fiorano circuit, driving the F1-75 automobile from the 2022 Formulation 1 season, Motorsport.com understands.
Becoming a member of Charles Leclerc on the Scuderia for the upcoming marketing campaign after spending the final 12 years at Mercedes, Hamilton went to Maranello on Monday morning to organize for his maiden run in crimson.
Hamilton has been capable of get acquainted together with his new squad, specifically his new race engineer Riccardo Adami, who beforehand labored with Carlos Sainz.
His new seat was ready forward of the upcoming working, and the Briton made certain the changes he requested on the steering wheel have been carried out.
Hamilton then had a primary run on the simulator to get accustomed to his new atmosphere and can work additional on Tuesday to prepare for his first check day at Ferrari’s Fiorano circuit.
“There are some days that you realize you may bear in mind endlessly and in the present day, my first as a Ferrari driver, is a kind of days,” Hamilton stated on social media.
Sir Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Crew, Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari
Picture by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Photographs
“I have been fortunate sufficient to have achieved issues in my profession I by no means thought attainable, however a part of me has at all times held on to that dream of racing in crimson. I could not be happier to understand that dream in the present day.
“At this time we begin a brand new period within the historical past of this iconic group, and I am unable to wait to see what story we’ll write collectively.”
The high-profile signing’s debut has enthused the tifosi, Motorsport.com understands, to the extent that inns within the Sassuolo space are totally booked and Maranello mayor Luigi Zironi has requested stricter safety measures from the police, notably concerning site visitors close to the manufacturing unit and observe.
On Wednesday, Hamilton will share the observe with Leclerc forward of extra testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya later this month, with these plans but to be confirmed.
Ferrari intends to make use of up its yearly 1000km of ‘Testing of Earlier Vehicles’ allowed by F1’s new sporting laws for present race drivers in 2025, benefitting its new rent.
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