Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took his first steps as a Ferrari driver on Monday by appearing for the first time at Maranello, the home of the Scuderia, which he joined this year after 12 seasons at Mercedes.
The Briton (40), who wore a long overcoat, dark suit and tie with a white shirt, appeared very elegant and posed next to an F40, in front of the former home ofEnzo Ferrari, the founder of the famous prancing horse brandaccording to photos released by his new team. A photo that did not fail to make fans react Lewis Hamilton who saw it as a nice wink: 7 windows for as many world titles, and the big door for the 8th to come.
Hamilton then went to the circuit of Fiorano to meet the team boss, Frenchman Frédéric Vasseur, et the general manager of Ferrari, the Italian Benedetto Vigna. HAS Maranellohe was also able to speak with several members of the team that he will meet in the coming weeks, and in particular Riccardo Adami who will be his track engineer.
The seven-time world champion will drive a Ferrari single-seater for the first time on Wednesday at the Fiorano circuit, where he will be entitled to a maximum of 1,000 kilometers with the F1 of the 2022 season. “There are days that you know you will remember for the rest of your life and today, my debut as a Ferrari driver, is one of them. I have been lucky enough to achieve things that I never thought possible. never possible in my career, but a part of me has always had this dream of racing in red”explained Hamilton in the Ferrari press release and on his Instagram page. “I couldn't be happier to make this dream come true today. Today we begin a new era in the history of this legendary team and I can't wait to see what history we will write together.”he added.
-The Briton will make his official debut at the wheel of the new Ferrari single-seater at the pre-season testing in Bahrain from February 26 to 28two weeks before competing in his first Grand Prix with the Scuderia in Australia.
