Hamilton has first test in Ferrari F1 car at Fiorano

Lewis Hamilton is having his archetypal acquisition of a Ferrari Formula 1 car astatine the team's Fiorano trial track.

The 40-year-old seven-time champion is investigating a 2023 car arsenic portion of his acclimatisation enactment with his caller team.

His trial follows 2 days of enactment astatine the Ferrari mill successful Maranello, of which the Fiorano way is simply a part.

Ferrari volition merchandise much accusation astir Hamilton's moving aboriginal connected Wednesday.

Hamilton volition beryllium constricted to a full of 1,000km (621 miles) of what is known arsenic investigating of erstwhile cars moving by F1's regulations.

The trial volition assistance him larn the mode the Ferrari motor operates and let him to physique spot and moving practices with his caller contention technologist Riccardo Adami and the remainder of the team.

Adami worked with Carlos Sainz for the past 4 years and earlier that four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.

The trial is being held down adjacent doors. It has drawn important attraction and determination are crowds of fans lasting connected the span overlooking Fiorano for a glimpse of the team's caller driver.

The trial is moving successful cold, foggy conditions, which are rather emblematic of January successful Emilia-Romagna.

Hamilton is besides expected to trial astatine Spain's Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya successful the coming weeks earlier experiencing the team's 2025 exemplary astatine its motorboat connected 19 February.

Hamilton's archetypal authoritative nationalist quality arsenic a Ferrari operator volition beryllium connected 18 February astatine the motorboat of the F1 play astatine the O2 successful London, which each the teams and drivers are required to attend.