Lewis Hamilton, finally a Ferrari driver, wants to make 2025 "a year to remember"

This time it's a reality. Eleven months after signing his contract with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton officially became a Scuderia driver as the clock struck midnight. For almost a year, both the Briton and the Italian team had kept their relationship to themselves in public, out of respect for the team. Mercedes and its employees. On the social networks of the team of Maranello, the posts have since started. The Scuderia even directly addressed its new driver on January 1st, telling him that the timing was probably perfect to scratch his follow on X. The seven-time world champion complied.

But you didn't have to be on X or Instagram to see Lewis Hamilton's first message in red. The Stevenage native chose the professional social network Linkedin to write to his subscribers. A network on which he presents himself above all as an entrepreneur and an investor, before even talking about his status as a driver. Formula 1. In any case, he took up the pen in a short message accompanying a photo of himself, red helmet on his head in a karting red, you couldn't make it up.

Lewis Hamilton excited to join Ferrari

“I couldn’t be more excited for the year ahead, he slipped. As you join Scuderia Ferrari, there is much to ponder. To anyone considering a change in 2025, I say: Embrace change. Whether you are changing industries, learning new skills, or simply taking on new challenges, remember that reinvention is powerful. Your next opportunity is always within reach. Here’s to 2025, a year of embracing new opportunities, staying hungry, and moving forward with determination. Let’s make it a memorable one.” he concluded before slipping in a final "Andiamo" encouragement to all.

As a reminder, Lewis left Mercedes after spending twelve seasons at Brackley and winning six of his seven world titles between 2014 and 2020. By signing for Ferrari, he joins the most legendary team in F1 history and will aim if the car red allows him an 8th world champion title which would send him alone to the pantheon of drivers. He will however have to manage the fierce competition of the phenomenon Charles Leclerc internally, and beat the Norris, Russell and others Verstappen, also determined to have their share.

Hamilton having been unable to take part in the end-of-season tests in red, the Prancing Horse is planning some driving sessions for him with old Ferraris, most likely on his Fiorano track next to the Maranello factories. The Englishman should notably take the wheel of the Ferrari F1-75, used during the 2022 season, the first year of the current generation of ground-effect single-seaters. A test authorized by Formula 1 as part of the "Testing of Previous Cars" (TPC), which authorizes teams to run single-seaters at least two years old. He will then head to Bahrain (February 26-28) to take part in the pre-season tests, where he will discover, along with his teammate Charles Leclerc, the SF-25 that he will drive this year starting at the Australian Grand Prix (March 14-16).

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