Hamilton already has a circuit and a car in which he will debut in red

The seven-time Formula 1 champion will join the team Maranello starting next season. After twelve successful seasons with the German manufacturer, the British driver decided to end his time at mercedes and travel to Italy. From Ferrari that’s expected mercedes can be free hamilton for the post-2024 season tire testing at Abu Dhabi. However, the German manufacturer contacted the seven-time Formula 1 world champion in an advertising appearance for the team’s main sponsor, Petronason the same day that the exams will be conducted Ferrari.

The lack of availability of the British driver forces the Italian team to look for an alternative. The one in Maranello They will have to wait until the start of the 2025 season to test their new driver. More than the advertising promise it has hamiltonThe International Federation does not allow drivers to test next season’s cars before the Pre-Season test of Bahrain. However Ferrari plan to release hamilton in one of his earlier cars before that date.

Fred Vasseursports director of Scuderia Ferrari Talked that the idea is that the British pilot can acclimatize to Ferrari driving cars from past eras. He also argued that he believes he won’t need too much of an acclimatization period: “I’m not sure he’ll need much acclimatization time,”You have enough experience to be fast on day one, or at least as soon as possible. We will have one or two days of TPC (previous car testing), plus the Bahrain test, and that will be enough“, said Fred Vasseur.

F1’s TPC rules allow teams to use cars designed and built to comply with the technical regulations of any of the three years immediately preceding the following season. This means that from this year teams will be able to use their 2022 car, the first generation of ground effect regulations. Probably Ferrari give up your F1-75 from 2022 to hamilton in the track test Fiorano.