He won't race for Ferrari until next week in Australia, ending 13 months of hype since he announced his decision to leave Mercedes.

Every driver and team have completely different programmes for each day and much of the early part of Hamilton’s session was spent getting the car in the right specification for

Lewis Hamilton’s announcement that he was moving to Ferrari from Mercedes for the 2025 Formula 1 season sent shockwaves through the motorsport world last year. Now, with his debut season at Ferrari getting underway with F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain this week Hamilton’s move is becoming global news.