Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton took to the track in a Ferrari F1 car for the first time at the team's test circuit. The 40-year-old Briton, who shocked the Formula 1 paddock last February when he announced his departure from Mercedes to join Ferrari, drove a test car in front of delighted fans at the Fiorano test track near Ferrari's Maranello base. Hamilton is hoping to end an 18-year wait for a Ferrari driver's F1 title.
Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari F1 car for the first time as he took to the track at the team’s test circuit in front of delighted fans. Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari F1 car for the first time as he took to the track at the team's test circuit in front of delighted fans. Image: X @Scuderia Ferrari car for the first time on Wednesday after the seven-time world champion took to the track at the team’s test circuit in front of delighted fans.
Groups of Ferrari’s passionate fans watched on in the wet weather from a bridge overlooking the track as Hamilton zipped round it. Hamilton won just two Grands Prix, his British GP victory in July ending a two-and-a-half year winless streak, and finished seventh in the 2024 world championship, a mammoth 214 points behind title-winner Max Verstappen.
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