Lewis Hamilton is released in a Ferrari for the first time in Fioran a stop at the headquarters of the team. (0:25)
Lewis Hamilton described his first steering wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 as “one of my life’s emotions” after having made his debut in his new team in Maranello, Italy, Wednesday.
Hamilton made 30 laps of the Ferrari Fioran track in front of a collection of enthusiasts who look from the closing of the Giardini viaduct.
Although the day in thick fogs and rain conditions, Hamilton said he revealed that he did not look like any other in his F1 career.
“I am lucky to have many the first in my car, from the first check to the first race, to the podium, the victory and the championship, so I did not know how many I had first, but driving a Scuderia Ferrari HP car for the first Once, this morning one of the most productive emotions of my life, “he said.
“When I started the car and I crossed this garage door, I had the biggest smile on my face. He reminded me the first time I tried a formula 1 car, it is such an exciting and special moment, and here I am, almost 20 years later , feeling those feelings again.
When driving a 2 -year -old car to meet the F1 regulations, Hamilton left the garage for the first time at 9:16 a. m. For a single installation circular on rainy tires.
Hamilton wore a yellow helmet for the case: the same color he used in the early stages of his F1 career.
The members of his family, adding to his father Anthony, Mother Carmen and La Linda, were provided in the garage and then joined through Piero Ferrari, the son of the founder of Ferrari Enzo.
For his time, Hamilton went to elegant tires and carried out flight towers, outputs and formula controls in the SF-23 car.
Ferrari has limited its mileage to 89 kilometers, distrusting a new rule by 2025 that restricts past car tests (TPC) to 1,000 km according to the year for drivers in the championship.
Hamilton is expected to return to action in a 2 -year -old car in the Catalunya circuit at the end of this month.
After his 30 round rounds, Hamilton finished a after -session report with his new engineering team, which includes his career engineer by 2025, Riccardo Adami.
Adami necessarily continues in his role after Carlos Sainz’s engineering, the force of motive that Hamilton has replaced in recent years.
Once his paintings are finished, the Seven Times champion left here on the track to sign the enthusiasts who had come to attend their first laps in a Ferrari.
“I already knew for the exits of the passionate that is the circle of Ferrari relatives, from all in the team to the typhosi!” Hamilton said. “But now attests to him with the first hand as an impressive Ferrari motor force.
“This hobby crosses its veins, and you still cannot energize through it. I am very grateful for the love I felt of everyone to Maranello this week, we have many paintings to do, but I can ‘I’m’. Waiting to start.
Hamilton’s new teammate, Charles Leclerc, also provides check day and made 14 laps in the same car.
The team director, Fred Vasseur, said his team had achieved his purpose for the day despite the rainy weather and the limited race.
“As is the case every year, the first time it faints on the right path, it is a bit like the first day at school and an emotional feeling, especially today because it is Lewis’s first day as a component of the team,” he said .
“The welcome of a new pilot is a vital moment. Maybe today it was less special for Charles, but it was intelligent to see him intelligently, to taste and anxious to move on to the race.
“As for the technical side, Charles and Lewis have turned their laps in the most productive time, however, they were returned to the rhythm of things and immersed themselves in the track environment before the first appropriate check in a month in Bahrein “, Vasseur Suite.
“It is also a warm for the garage team. It is the sole purpose of today. “