Racing Bulls have poked enjoyable at Lewis Hamilton’s highly-anticipated arrival at Ferrari’s well-known F1 base.
Hamilton marked his first day at Ferrari’s legendary headquarters by sharing a picture of himself on the Maranello manufacturing facility as he formally started work as Scuderia driver on Monday.
The seven-time world champion stated he “couldn’t be happier” to have “realised his dream” of changing into a Ferrari driver.
Hamilton was pictured in a black pinstripe swimsuit and overcoat standing in entrance of a Ferrari F40 supercar at a wet Maranello.
Racing Bulls’ social media crew have been fast to have a joke at Hamilton and Ferrari’s expense, posting their very own picture of recent driver Isack Hadjar.
The photoshopped picture of Hadjar confirmed him sporting an overcoat jacket outdoors of Crimson Bull’s sister crew’s Faenza headquarters.
It was captioned: “There are some days that you realize you will bear in mind ceaselessly and at present, is a type of days,” immediately quoting what Hamilton stated in his personal social media put up.
19-year-old Hadjar has graduated to a Racing Bulls seat after ending runner-up in System 2 to exchange Liam Lawson, who has been promoted to Crimson Bull alongside Max Verstappen.
Hamilton’s shock swap from Mercedes to Ferrari has dominated the headlines because it was introduced in February final yr.
The 40-year-old Briton is spending most of his first day assembly key folks and attending to know the manufacturing facility and the crew.
Hamilton is anticipated to drive a 2023 Ferrari F1 automobile later this week on the crew’s Fiorano check monitor.
“There are some days that you realize you will bear in mind ceaselessly and at present, my first as a Ferrari driver, is a type of days,” he stated in a put up on Instagram.
“I have been fortunate sufficient to have achieved issues in my profession I by no means thought doable, 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 at present.
“At this time we begin a brand new period within the historical past of this iconic crew, and I can not wait to see what story we are going to write collectively.”
