Formula 1’s biggest-ever driver move has happened ahead of the new 2025 season with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton starting his first year at Ferrari.
Keep up to speed with the latest key dates and events here during pre-season as the early stages of one of the sport’s most anticipated link-ups plays out…
Given the scale of the move, the first photos and footage from Hamilton’s maiden day at Maranello were always going to make global headlines and so it proved once the first picture dropped on social media.
Wearing a black suit and overcoat, Hamilton posed for his first photo call outside founder Enzo Ferrari’s old house – which is located in the square now named after Michael Schumacher, the team’s most successful driver – and alongside one of the Italian manufacturer’s F40s, Lewis’ favourite sportscar.
From there, Hamilton met with team and company management before starting what Ferrari described as a “total immersion programme” to get to know his new colleagues, departments and working practices.
“There are some days that you know you’ll remember forever and today, my first as a Scuderia Ferrari HP driver, is one of those days,” said Hamilton. “I’ve been lucky enough to have achieved things in my career I never thought possible but part of me has always held on to that dream of racing in red. I couldn’t be happier to realise that dream today.”That acclimatisation work continued into the following day, where the first image of him wearing the iconic Ferrari red was revealed on social media. (SkySports)