FIRST LOOK: Images of Lewis Hamilton’s first day at Ferrari emerge

Lewis Hamilton spotted 🐓suited and booted as he arrives at Ferrari's fam💎ous F1 base for the first time.

Lewis Hamilton has made his first visit to Ferrari's F1 base
Lewis Hamilton has made his first visit to Ferrari's F1 base

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has made his first appearance as a Ferrari driver at the team’s legendary F1 headquarters in Maranello.

The first images of the seven-time 🅰w❀orld champion arriving at Maranello on Monday morning have emerged on social media.

Hamilton was captured wea꧒ring a suit and tie as he walked into Ferrari’s famous factory for the first time, having completed his blockbuster s🌼witch from Mercedes on 1 January.

The mᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚove is the biggest driver transfer in F1 history and is a hugely anticipated event ahead of the upcoming 2025 season.

Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 era begins this week, with the 40-y💧ear-old Briton expected to meet team members, complete a seat fit and h𒉰ave his first simulator session on Monday.

"Early this morning, the seven-time world champion arrived at the team’s Maranello ꦗheadquarters at via Enzo Ferrari 27," a Ferrari statement read. 

"From there he went to the 🥀Fiorano track where, against the backdrop of Enzo Ferrari’s house, in the small square now named after the 💧only other seven-time Formula 1 world champion, Michael Schumacher, he was met by Team Principal, Fred Vasseur and Ferrari CEO, Benedetto Vigna. 

"The traditional “first day” photos were taken there and even the weather helped to make Lewis feel 𒆙at home, with some typically British overcast skies and drizzle.ꦍ Also on hand was a Ferrari F40, Lewis’ favourite supercar.

"Next on Lewis’ agenda was a sho🎶rt visit to the Fiorano house and the pit garage, with Vasseur and Vigna, including a look at the famous office, from where Enzo Ferrari would watch his team at work. Hamilton then returned to the Scuderia HQ, where he met the management team and Piero Ferrari, before embarking on a daylong total immersion programme, visiting all the various departments to get to know the team. 

"The work continues tomorrow with more technical meetings and briefings as preparations get underwa🌜y for what will be a very busy season."

New teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc has 168澳洲幸运5官方开💫奖结果历史:reportedly requested to keep an eye on Hamilton's early movements at Mar𓄧anello. 

Having been denied the chance to make an early debut for Ferrari at the post-seaso൩n Abu Dhabi test in December, Hamilton will get behind the wheel of one🌺 of the Scuderia’s older cars later this week.

This is expected to tಞake place in a 2023 Ferrari at the tea꧙m’s Fiorano test track, with Wednesday the rumoured date.

Ferrari are kee😼ping their options flexible dependent on๊ the weather.

Hamilton is then expected to head to Barcelona for further testing in old Ferrari F1 cars as he gears up for h𒊎is first season in red.

As one of Ferrari’s 2025 drivers, Hamilton will be limited to 1000k🧜m of running over a maximu🥀m of four days in cars that are at least two years old, as per F1’s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) rules.

There have been warnings that Hamilton’s visit could chaos with eager Tifosi flocking to either Maranello or Fiorano in th♊e hope of spotting Ferrari’s new star dri꧋ver.

Hamiltoꦰn and Leclerc are likely to have a short run at Fiorano in Ferrari’s 2025 F1 car after its launch on 19 February.

After that sha♕kedown run, Hami💝lton’s next Ferrari appearance will come at pre-season testing, which takes place in Bahrain between 26-28 February.

Hamilton will then make his F1 race debut as a Ferrari drive👍r at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 16 March. 

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