Lewis Hamilton is continuous his preparations for the Method 1 season by testing for his new Ferrari workforce on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week.
The seven-time champion and team-mate Charles Leclerc each drove a 2023 F1 automotive on the dwelling of the Spanish Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Hamilton is constructing his expertise with Ferrari following his preliminary acclimatisation run at their Fiorano take a look at monitor in Italy final week.
The workforce are doing all the things they will to make sure Hamilton is as ready as doable for the brand new season after 12 years with Mercedes.
Hamilton shall be constructing his working strategies with new race engineer Riccardo Adami as driver and workforce learn the way finest to work with different.
No particulars have been launched concerning the take a look at, which is being held behind closed doorways.
Ferrari are anticipated to run for 3 days in Spain, though they’re restricted as to what number of laps the drivers can full.
Present race drivers are permitted an annual complete of 1,000km (621 miles) of testing in automobiles from earlier years. The 2023 automotive is the newest that can be utilized below F1’s testing restrictions.
The 2025 Ferrari shall be unveiled on 19 February, when Hamilton and Leclerc will run it briefly at Fiorano.
They then transfer on to the official pre-season take a look at in Bahrain on 26-28 February.
Amongst different points, Hamilton should familiarise himself with the working procedures of the Ferrari engine, having beforehand pushed solely Mercedes power-units in F1.
Fashionable F1 engines are 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids with subtle power restoration techniques and complex management processes, a lot of that are operated by the motive force within the cockpit.
Though the a number of energy and efficiency modes of the varied engines are all designed to do comparable features, every producer has completely different software program and working procedures, with drivers requiring time to turn into acquainted with them.
