Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton took his first steps as a Ferrari driver Monday and expressed his delight at becoming a member of the long-lasting workforce.
The 40-year-old shocked the paddock final February when he introduced that after 12 profitable years with Mercedes, he was departing for Ferrari.
“Today we start a new chapter in the history of this iconic team, and I can’t wait to see what story we will write together,” he mentioned in a press launch as he appeared for the primary time in Maranello, the headquarters of the Scuderia.
Wearing a protracted overcoat, darkish swimsuit and tie with a white shirt, Hamilton introduced an elegant look as he posed in entrance of the previous house of Enzo Ferrari, the founding father of the well-known Prancing Horse marque, in line with pictures launched by his new workforce.
Hamilton then went to the Fiorano circuit to fulfill workforce boss Frederic Vasseur and Ferrari’s Managing Director Benedetto Vigna.
At Maranello, he was additionally capable of discuss to a number of members of the workforce with whom he might be working over the approaching weeks, together with Riccardo Adami, who might be his monitor engineer.
“There are some days that you know you’ll remember forever and today, my first as a driver, is one of those days,” mentioned Hamilton, who will companion Charles Leclerc as they bid to ship a primary Ferrari world champion since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
“I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have achieved issues in my profession I by no means thought attainable, however a part of me has at all times held on to that dream of racing in pink.
“I’m dedicated to bringing everything I have to deliver for the team, the wider organization and the fans.”
Hamilton will step inside a Ferrari F1 automobile for the primary time Wednesday on the Fiorano circuit the place he might be allowed a most of 1,000 kilometers with the 2022 mannequin.
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