Lewis Hamilton’s first Components 1 look for Ferrari appears to be like set to be in its 2022 automobile firstly of subsequent yr, with an look within the post-season Abu Dhabi take a look at now dominated out.
The seven-time champion is becoming a member of the Maranello squad for 2025, after making a call firstly of this yr to depart Mercedes after what could have been 12 seasons with the German producer.
There had been some hope from Ferrari that bedding in its partnership with Hamilton might get an early head begin if Mercedes had launched the Briton for the post-season tyre take a look at that takes place in Abu Dhabi on the Tuesday after the F1 season finale in December.
Nevertheless, Motorsport.com understands that that state of affairs has now been dominated out, with Mercedes having dedicated Hamilton to some end-of-year promotional commitments – which incorporates an look for staff title sponsor Petronas on the day the Abu Dhabi take a look at takes place.
Hamilton’s lack of availability for the Abu Dhabi take a look at signifies that Ferrari should wait till the beginning of subsequent yr to have the ability to get him behind the wheel of certainly one of its automobiles.
Past a filming day, a run within the 2025 challenger is just not allowed exterior of the pre-season Bahrain take a look at, however Ferrari is planning to get Hamilton out in certainly one of its earlier automobiles earlier than then.
Ferrari staff principal Fred Vasseur mentioned that the provisional thought is to make use of 1 or two of the squad’s ‘Testing of Earlier Automobiles’ days to present Hamilton his first run, which he thinks might be greater than sufficient to get him up to the mark.
“I am unsure that he wants tons of hours of acclimatisation,” Vasseur advised Motorsport.com
“He’s skilled sufficient to be fast on the primary day, or at the very least very quickly. We’ll have one or two TPC days, plus the take a look at in Bahrain, and that might be sufficient.”
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W13
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F1’s TPC guidelines permit groups to run automobiles that have been “designed and constructed with a view to adjust to the Technical Rules of any of the three (3) calendar years falling instantly previous to the calendar yr previous the yr of the championship.”
Which means that since this yr, groups have been capable of run their 2022 automobiles, the primary technology of equipment constructed for the brand new floor impact laws.
Ferrari would most likely hand an outing to Hamilton in its 2022 automobile, the F1-75, at its personal Fiorano take a look at monitor, which is true subsequent door to its Maranello manufacturing unit.
Vasseur mentioned that work was happening on the manufacturing unit to finalise a programme to get Hamilton up to the mark with Ferrari’s operations earlier than the beginning of the 2025 marketing campaign, but it surely was not one thing he was personally getting concerned with proper now.
“For certain we’ve got a part of the staff already specializing in ’25, on the take a look at plan, on the communication and so, with Lewis being a part of this,” he mentioned. “However not on the race staff and it isn’t on my thoughts.”
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