Hamilton completes first official visit to Ferrari’s Maranello headquarter

Forward of his testing debut with Ferrari, the seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has accomplished his first official go to to the Scuderia’s Maranello headquarters.

Lewis Hamilton introduced his shock departure from Mercedes final February. The announcement caught the Method One group abruptly, because the seven-time world champion was set to race for the Brackley-based outfit till the top of 2025.

Nonetheless, an exit clause in his contract allowed Hamilton to depart the group in 2025 if he wished, and the Briton elected to terminate his contract on the finish of the 2024 F1 season and search for a brand new problem at Ferrari this 12 months.

Hamilton is statistically probably the most profitable driver within the historical past of Method One, tied with the good German seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher on the variety of world championship titles.

Together with his determination, Hamilton ends his 12-year affiliation with Mercedes with which the Briton received six of his seven drivers’ titles earlier than a lean spell underneath the present ground-effect technical regulatory period.

In his first public remark since formally turning into a Ferrari driver on the flip of the brand new 12 months, Hamilton took to social platforms to disclose: “I couldn’t be extra excited for the 12 months forward. Shifting to Scuderia Ferrari, there’s loads to replicate on.

“To anybody contemplating their subsequent transfer in 2025: embrace the change. Whether or not you are switching industries, studying a brand new ability, and even simply taking over new challenges, do not forget that reinvention is highly effective.

“Your subsequent alternative is at all times inside attain. This is to 2025 – a 12 months of embracing new alternatives, staying hungry, and driving ahead with objective. Let’s make it one to recollect. Andiamo,” famous the 105-time F1 race winner.

Hamilton has now accomplished his first official go to to Ferrari’s Italian base, and he’s anticipated to hold out intensive simulator work earlier than making his testing debut with a two-year-old F1 Ferrari at Fiorano later this week.

Commenting on his first go to to Ferrrai’s Maranello headquarter forward of his testing debut, the seven-time world champion famous: “There are some days that you understand you’ll keep in mind eternally and at the moment, my first as a Ferrari driver, is a type of days.

“I’ve 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 pink.

“I couldn’t be happier to understand that dream at the moment. In the present day we begin a brand new period within the historical past of this iconic group, and I can’t wait to see what story we’ll write collectively.”

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