Lewis Hamilton has marked his first official day as a Ferrari driver as he embarks on the following part of his profession with Components 1’s most historic group.
Having turned 40 earlier this month, Hamilton posted {a photograph} of himself on the Ferrari manufacturing facility in Maranello. He posed alongside a Ferrari F40, one of many producer’s most well-known supercars, which entered manufacturing when he was two years outdated.
“There are some days that you realize you’ll keep in mind ceaselessly and right this moment, my first as a Ferrari driver, is a type of days,” stated Hamilton in a publish on social media.
He met with group principal Frederic Vasseur and Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, and visited the previous workplace of group founder Enzo Ferrari. Hamilton additionally met Ferrari’s son Piero, who’s vice chairman of the corporate.
Hamilton joins Ferrari having gained seven world championships and 105 grands prix over his 18 years in Components 1. When he begins his 357th grand prix in March with the group it will likely be the primary time he has ever competed in an F1 race not powered by Mercedes.
“I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have achieved issues in my profession I by no means thought potential, however a part of me has at all times held on to that dream of racing in pink,” he continued. “I couldn’t be happier to understand that dream right this moment.
“At this time we begin a brand new period within the historical past of this iconic group, and I can’t wait to see what story we are going to write collectively.”
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He is because of start a programme of periods in earlier Ferrari F1 vehicles to organize for his debut for them alongside new group mate Charles Leclerc.
Ferrari will current its new automobile for the 2025 season on February nineteenth, the day after Formula 1 holds its new official launch event. The group completed second within the constructors’ championship final yr and are searching for their first title since 2008. The final Ferrari driver to win the world championship was Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, the yr Hamilton made his F1 debut.
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