“Hamilton will have known at Mercedes that the long-term plan was to bring Kimi Antonelli into the team. “I cannot see him quitting before the end of the contract that he has signed, which is at least the end of 2026. “The only scenario where he may quit is if he wins the title and retires as an eight-time world champion.

It was this kind of wonder that Hamilton, a seven-time world champion who has seen and won it all in Formula One, sought when he decided to move to Ferrari. For all the success he enjoyed with Mercedes, nothing could match the history and the magic of F1’s most iconic team.

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has realized his “dream” after his first official day at Ferrari, promising “a new era” for the team.

The incident happened during a three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the team’s 2023 F1 car.

When news emerged on Wednesday that Lewis Hamilton had crashed the 2023 Ferrari car in a private test in Barcelona, the natural response was that his acclimatisation in scarlet red wasn’t quite going according to plan.

Lewis Hamilton has secured a huge victory over Charles Leclerc during their first showdown as team-mates in the latest poll offered to GPFans’ readers. The Ferrari pair made their official debut as a driver duo in January,

Lewis Hamilton was leaving Mercedes at the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season for Ferrari. My colleague James Dator — a brilliant writer who is also a massive F1 fan — shared in our internal communications system this post from Sky Sports well before most had woken up: BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari for the 2025 season pic.

Ferrari vice-chairman Piero Ferrari said there is “excitement” within the team about Lewis Hamilton arriving for F1 2025 and the “first approach was very nice with everyone” at Maranello. Hamilton made his first factory visit as an official Ferrari driver almost a fortnight ago before taking part in the Scuderia’s annual ‘wake-up’ test at Fiorano a couple of days later.