Lewis Hamilton’s first official day at Ferrari’s F1 headquarters is ready to be on 20 January.
That’s in keeping with Italian publication Autoracer, who report the seven time world champion will conduct his first session in Ferrari’s simulator at Maranello at first of subsequent week.
Hamilton’s debut on the observe for Ferrari can be set to happen subsequent week, although a precise date has not been formally confirmed.
Autoracer’s report claims this “needs to be” 22 January, however provides Ferrari may use their Fiorano check observe on both 21-22-23 January relying on the climate.
Hamilton will make his first Ferrari look in an previous automobile, rumoured to be the F1-75 from the 2022 season. Ferrari may additionally use their SF-23 from two years in the past.
Ferrari will use one in every of their allotted Testing of Earlier Vehicles (TPC) days for Hamilton’s first run.
Ferrari’s intensive run plan for Hamilton
The Italian outfit have deliberate intensive testing to assist Hamilton gear up for his first season with the workforce.
Ferrari have booked the Barcelona circuit for a minimum of 4 days on the finish of the month to offer Hamilton with extra time of their older F1 equipment.
Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur insisted he’s “not apprehensive in any respect” about Hamilton adapting to his new setting after spending 12 seasons at Mercedes.
“We all know that we’ve got loads of procedures to assimilate throughout this couple of days, however he’s skilled sufficient to do it,” the Frenchman stated.
“We’ve the benefit to have the simulator and he’ll have the ability to do a race simulation and a qualifying simulation within the simulator, and to be totally ready with the steering wheel and all of the particularities of the automobile. However I’m not apprehensive about this, and it isn’t the largest problem.”
Hamilton will make his first public look as a Ferrari driver alongside new teammate Charles Leclerc at F1’s particular season launch occasion at London’s O2 Enviornment on 18 February.
The next day, Ferrari will formally launch their 2025 challenger in Maranello.
Ferrari are anticipated to make use of one in every of their permitted ‘filming days’ to conduct a shakedown of their new F1 automobile at Fiorano after their launch on 19 February. This would be the first time Hamilton and Leclerc drive the 2025 automobile.
Each Hamilton and Leclerc shall be in official motion for Ferrari at pre-season testing in Bahrain from 26-28 February, earlier than the 2025 marketing campaign kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix on 16 March – marking Hamilton’s Ferrari race debut.
