Lewis Hamilton will proceed his preparations for his debut F1 season with Ferrari this week.
The seven-time world champion will get again behind the wheel of an previous Ferrari F1 automotive at Barcelona in Spain this week to assist along with his acclimatisation.
Ferrari has booked the Spanish Grand Prix venue from 28-30 January for a three-day non-public take a look at which Hamilton will participate in alongside new teammate Charles Leclerc.
Climate circumstances look set to be cool, however dry and sunny all through the week in Barcelona.
It isn’t but recognized which automotive Ferrari will use. The Scuderia might proceed utilizing the 2023 SF-23 – the most recent mannequin permitted underneath F1’s Testing of Earlier Automotive (TPC) rules, or run the 2022 F1-75 in the event that they so select.
Beneath the TPC guidelines, present race drivers are restricted to 1000km of operating in previous F1 automobiles over the yr.
Hamilton accomplished 30 laps (89km) of Ferrari’s Fiorano take a look at monitor final Wednesday as he made his on-track debut for the well-known Italian group of their 2023 automotive.
Ferrari are set to return to Barcelona the next week on 4-5 February to hold out Pirelli tyre testing for 2026.
A modified model of Ferrari’s 2024 automotive – in any other case often known as a ‘mule’ – will probably be used, with each Hamilton and Leclerc anticipated to drive.
Hamilton described his first take a look at as “awe-inspiring” and “the most effective emotions of my life”.
“After I began the automotive up and drove by means of that storage door, I had the most important smile on my face,” Hamilton stated.
“It jogged my memory of the very first time I examined a Components 1 automotive. It was such an thrilling and particular second, and right here I’m, virtually 20 years later, feeling these feelings yet again.
“I already knew from the surface how passionate the Ferrari household is, from everybody within the group to the tifosi [fans].
“However to now witness it first hand as a Ferrari driver has been awe-inspiring. That zeal runs by means of their veins and you’ll’t assist however be energised by it.
“I am so grateful for the love I’ve felt from everybody in Maranello this week, we now have lots of work to do however I can not wait to get began.”
