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.

Lewis Hamilton has made his first visit to the Ferrari F1 factory in Maranello.Hamilton will turn his first laps as a Scuderia driver on January 22 at the Fiorano circuit in Ferrari's 2022 F1-75 car.Hamilton visited Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters on Monday to begin his integration with the team.

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.

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.

Lewis Hamilton, now with Ferrari after his move from Mercedes, has shared his first post since a minor crash during testing.