Lewis Hamilton has begun work at Ferrari with “whole immersion” into the crew at Maranello, saying he’s realizing a profession dream.
The seven-time world champion, signed by Ferrari to race alongside Charles Leclerc, made his first go to to Maranello as a Ferrari driver on Monday, being greeted by crew principal Fred Vasseur and CEO Benedetto Vigna on the iconic dwelling of Enzo Ferrari on the Fiorano take a look at monitor.
Hamilton posed for images with what Ferrari describes as his favourite supercar – the F40 – within the sq. named after Michael Schumacher, with whom Hamilton shares the file for many drivers’ titles in Components 1. Following a go to into Enzo Ferrari’s previous workplace and the pit storage at Fiorano, Hamilton then met with senior administration and Enzo’s son Piero Ferrari within the crew’s manufacturing unit, earlier than spending time with a number of departments at Maranello.
“There are some days that you recognize you’ll bear in mind endlessly and right this moment, my first as a Scuderia Ferrari HP driver, is a type of days,” Hamilton stated. “I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have achieved issues in my profession I by no means thought doable, however a part of me has at all times held on to that dream of racing in crimson. I couldn’t be happier to comprehend that dream right this moment.
“I’m extremely grateful to John Elkann, Benedetto Vigna, Fred Vasseur and everybody at Ferrari for his or her belief in me and making me a part of this household. I’m so excited to start out this new period and to fulfill and work with a massively proficient and provoking group of individuals. I’m devoted to bringing the whole lot I’ve to ship for the crew, the broader group and the followers.
“In the present day we begin a brand new chapter within the historical past of this iconic crew, and I can’t wait to see what story we are going to write collectively.”
Hamilton will stay at Maranello on Tuesday for extra technical conferences and briefings forward of a deliberate testing of earlier automobile (TPC) outing in Italy later this month.
Merely asserting the developments regarding Hamilton’s first day at Ferrari exhibits the dimensions of his signing for the crew, with large curiosity surrounding the partnership between the driving force with probably the most race victories in F1 historical past and the game’s most profitable constructor.
