Lewis Hamilton will link up with Ferrari for the first time tod༺ay.

Althoug♓h the former Mercedes driver officially joined Ferrari on January 1, it is not until January 20 that he will arrive at Maranello.

He is set to test a 🌜Ferrari F1 car this week - but not on Monday, his first day.

Lewis Hamilton’s first day at Ferrari

Hamilt🍬on will reportedly complete time on the Ferrari simulator on his first day in Italy, the  reports.

He will also meet and 🥀greet the new staff who will work tirelessly to deliver him wܫhat would be a record eighth F1 drivers’ title, and a first for the team since 2007.

Hamilton will require a seat fit, a cꦆrucial part of any F1 drivers’ arrival at a new team.

He has already met Ricciardo Ad🌊ami who is set to becoꦫme his new race engineer, report. Adami previously worked with Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz.

Hamilton will be given a tour of ꦡMaranello and have his first meetings with engineers in a busy start to this week, the report s🌃tates.

Hamilton will finally ꧟get behind the wheel of tꦑhe famous red F1 machine on Wednesday.

He will🍎 drive at the Fiorano circuit, nearby to F✃errari’s HQ Maranello.

The Scuderia have been secretive about Hamilton’s first te🍒st but it will likely be in a 2023 car, the newest allowed under the TCP (testing of previous cars) rule.

That rule permits a driver to tes🐎t a car for 1000km.

However, bad weather could scupper this♛ plan and force a revision.

Later this month, Hamilton will be back on track 💟at Barcelona.

Ferrari have booked the circuit to give their new sꩲuperstar some additional time at the wheel.

Then it’ll be time for the official F1 testing in Bah💎rain, where Hamilton and new teammate Charles🦄 Leclerc will test the 2025 car.

Hamilton is set to pocket £50m per year in a bumper new deal at Ferrari which will sh⛄ake up Formula 1 this year.