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.

It remains to be seen which Ferrari challenger Hamilton will drive on Wednesday. F1’s TPC regulations allow drivers to test cars that are at least two years old, meaning the SF-23 is the most recent machine that the 40-year-old could pilot in private testing.

When Scuderia Ferrari announced on February 1, 2024 that Lewis Hamilton would join their Formula 1 team in 2025, the F1 world was turned on its head. Now, after arriving in Maranello, Italy earlier this week, the brand has offered up a first look at the end result: Hamilton behind the wheel of a Ferrari F1 car.