Explained: Lewis Hamilton's next drive for Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton is gearing up for his first F1 🍌season driv♍ing for Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton drove Ferrari's 2024 car for the first time
Lewis Hamilton drove Ferrari's 2024 car for the first time

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has completed a two-day run in Ferrari’s 2024 F1 car as he continued his preparations for his debut season with th👍e team.

The seven-ꦡtime world champion drove Ferrari’s SF-24 challenger for the first time this week at Barcelona in a Pirelli tyre test to help with F1꧟'s tyre supplier's 2026 development work.

Hamilton racked up 161 laps of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya over the two days as he shared driving duties with new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc꧃ 🐼in the Ferrari, which featured modifications to simulate expected downforce levels in 2026.

That distance is the equivalꦐent of more than two Spanish Grand Prix race distances.

It marked Hamilton’s third test outing for Ferrari. T🐻he 40-year-old Briton made his on-tr𒉰ack debut for the Scuderia in a 2023 Ferrari at their Fiorano test track last month as the team conducted some TPC (Testing of Previous Cars).

Lewis Hamilton drove Ferrari at two tests

Hamilton had another two days in the SF-23 l𝓀as𓆉t week at Barcelona but suffered a crash on Wednesday.

Hamilton’s next appearance for Ferrari is set to ta🎃ke place on 19 February - in their new 2025 challenger.

Fe𝐆rrari are u😼nveiling their SF-25 a day after the F175 season launch at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February and are expected to complete an initial shakedown run, with both Hamilton and Leclerc getting a chance to sample the car.

Hamilton and Leclerc will then head t🐭o Bahrain for official F🍌1 pre-season testing between 26-28 February.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseu💖r has already provided some early details about their 2025 challenger.

“If it will be competitive, w𒀰e’ll find out🌠 in Bahrain [pre-season testing],” Vasseur said.

“Sometimes you don’t realise you’re taking risks until afterward. The car will be completely new; I ♋think we’ll have less than one per cent of the parts in common with the 2024 car. It’s a different project, but the same applies to everyone.

“We canꦬ’t say now if 2025 will be our year, but I trust the project we’re working on. It will still be an intense challenge like the one we just completed.

“I am very proud of how we tackled difficulties this year [2024], but we must take ano💞ther step towards consis⛦tency.”

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