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Watch: Ferrari followers lower down timber to see ‘reinvigorated’ Lewis Hamilton’s first actual check
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Watch: Ferrari followers lower down timber to see ‘reinvigorated’ Lewis Hamilton’s first actual check

By Miles Cooper February 19, 2025
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Watch: Ferrari followers lower down timber to see ‘reinvigorated’ Lewis Hamilton’s first actual check

When diehard Ferrari followers are turning as much as your new automobile launch with electrical saws and reducing down timber to get a greater glimpse of you on observe, you recognize you might be producing pleasure on an unprecedented scale.

might not have authorised of the tree-lopping, however he actually appreciated the sentiment, the Briton thanking ’s tifosi on Wednesday for giving him a “new lease of life” after placing the SF-25, the automobile he hopes will carry him to a report eighth world title this season, via its paces at Fiorano.

Hamilton, 40, was talking off the again of simply two hours’ sleep, having flown to Italy after the late on Tuesday night time.

However the seven-time world champion stated the eagerness he had felt from everybody in Italy since arriving for his first day on the manufacturing facility a month in the past, far outweighed any fatigue.

‘I’ve simply felt this new wave of life and power’

“I positively didn’t suppose once I was youthful that, heading into my nineteenth season in Formulation One, I’d be this excited,” Hamilton stated. “I by no means thought at this level in my profession I’d have a lot pleasure. Simply being at work. Desirous to be at work. Wanting to place in additional ranges of labor to attain the dream. However right here I’m. It actually is sort of a new life has been [given to me]. I’ve simply felt this new wave of life and power.”

Though he didn’t say so, Hamilton was undoubtedly drained by the tip of his 12 years at Mercedes. After all of the success, they endured a tough last few seasons collectively, with Hamilton admitting by the tip of his last season that he was feeling his age, and “simply needed to go on vacation”. The Briton’s first few weeks at Ferrari, against this, had left him feeling “revitalised” and “reinvigorated”.

The sensation is clearly mutual. Italy was despatched into what following Hamilton’s Ferrari unveiling final month, when the motive force posed exterior the staff’s manufacturing facility at Maranello wearing a classy Italian go well with and in entrance of the long-lasting Ferrari F40. And curiosity is clearly nonetheless at fever pitch. One video on social media of a fan in full Ferrari regalia reducing down a tree throughout Wednesday’s shakedown, to loud cheers from the assembled tifosi, went viral.

Hamilton stated the eagerness for Ferrari was like nothing he had ever skilled, including he was assured that the staff had all of the substances wanted to finish a trophy drought stretching again to 2008.

“I labored with two world championship-winning groups earlier than [McLaren and Mercedes], so I do know what a profitable staff appears and seems like,” he stated. “The eagerness right here is like nothing you’ve ever seen. They’ve received completely each ingredient they should win a world championship, it’s nearly placing these items collectively.”

Hamilton’s team-mate additionally spoke to the media on Wednesday. A Ferrari academy product, the Monegasque is getting into his seventh season with the Scuderia. However he stated he had by no means identified “craziness” like now. “Every part is form of exploding with Lewis’s arrival,” he stated.

Time will inform how they work collectively however the early indicators are promising. Hamilton and Leclerc have been noticed taking part in chess with one another on the O2 on Tuesday night time. Leclerc admitted the Briton was main their head-to-head collection “2-1 or 3-2”. It’s on observe, although, the place their head-to-head will really matter.

Ferrari's Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (left) and Lewis Hamilton and Lewis Hamilton backstage during F1 75 Live at The O2 Arena on February 18, 2025 in London

Hamilton stated it was “far too early to inform” whether or not the SF-25 can be a winner. He additionally warned he may not be acquire wins immediately, saying he had “elevated respect” for predecessors and who received on their first and second outings for Ferrari respectively.

“Shifting groups is an enormous factor and I’m nonetheless acclimatising,” he admitted. “Every part is completely different. The change settings, the steering wheel, the software program. It took me six months, I believe, at Mercedes, to get my first win. However I’m doing all the things I can to be prepared for race one.”

That features studying Italian and sampling the native delicacies. Hamilton confessed to consuming three pizzas final week alone. “However in some way I’ve misplaced weight,” he added. As for his language abilities, Hamilton stated it was coming alongside slowly. Requested for one phrase in Italian to sum up his day he ultimately plumped for “emozionante”

Subsequent week Hamilton could have his first correct outing, when the groups head to Bahrain for pre-season testing. However he has already achieved his first win in Ferrari colors: getting the locals onside.

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