This time it's a reality. Eleven months after signing his contract with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton officially became a Scuderia driver the moment the clock struck midnight. For almost a year, the Briton and the Italian team had kept a low profile publicly about their future relationship, out of respect for the Mercedes team and its employees. On the social networks of the Maranello team, the posts have since started. The Scuderia even directly addressed its new driver on January 1, telling him that the timing was undoubtedly perfect to get his follow on X. The seven-time world champion did so.
But you didn't have to be on X or on Instagram to read Lewis Hamilton's first message in red. The native of Stevenage has in fact chosen the professional social network Linkedin to write to his subscribers. A network on which he presents himself above all as an entrepreneur and an investor, before even talking about his status as a Formula 1 driver. In any case, he took up his pen in a short message accompanying a photo of him, red helmet on. your head in a red kart, you can't make this up.
Lewis Hamilton excited about joining Ferrari
“I couldn't be more excited for the year aheadhe slipped. When joining Scuderia Ferrari, there are many things to think about. To anyone considering a job change in 2025, I say, “Embrace the change.” Whether you're changing industries, learning new skills, or simply taking on new challenges, remember that reinvention is powerful. Your next opportunity is always within reach. Here's to the year 2025, a year of seizing new opportunities, staying hungry, and moving forward with determination. Let's make it memorable.” he concluded before slipping in a final “Let's go” encouragement to all.
As a reminder, Lewis left Mercedes after spending twelve seasons at Brackley and winning six of his seven world titles there between 2014 and 2020. By signing for Ferrari, he joins the most legendary team in F1 history and will aim if the red single-seater allows him an 8th world champion title which would send him alone into the pantheon of drivers. However, he will have to manage fierce competition from the phenomenon Charles Leclerc internally, and beat Norris, Russell and other Verstappen, who are also determined to have their share.
Hamilton having not been able to participate in the end of season testing in red, the Prancing Horse is planning running sessions for him with old Ferraris, most certainly on his Fiorano track next to the Maranello factories. The Englishman should notably take the wheel of the Ferrari F1-75, used during the 2022 season, the first year of the current generation of ground-effect single-seaters. A test authorized by Formula 1 as part of the “Testing of Previous Cars” (TPC), which authorizes teams to run single-seaters that are at least two years old. He will then head to Bahrain (February 26-28) to take part in the pre-season tests, where he will discover, with his teammate Charles Leclerc, the SF-25 that he will drive this year from the Grand Prix of Australia (March 14-16).
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