Lewis Hamilton is continuous his preparations for the Components 1 season by testing for his new Ferrari crew on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week.
The seven-time champion and team-mate Charles Leclerc each drove a 2023 F1 automotive on the dwelling of the Spanish Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Hamilton is constructing his expertise with Ferrari following his preliminary acclimatisation run at their Fiorano take a look at observe in Italy final week.
The crew are doing all the things they’ll to make sure Hamilton is as ready as doable for the brand new season after 12 years with Mercedes.
Hamilton is studying Ferrari’s procedures and constructing his working strategies with new race engineer Riccardo Adami as driver and crew find out how greatest to work with different.
The 40-year-old drove within the afternoon, taking up the automotive from Leclerc, who drove the morning session.
No additional particulars have been launched in regards to the take a look at, which is being held behind closed doorways.
Ferrari are anticipated to run for 3 days in Spain, though they’re restricted as to what number of laps the drivers can full.
Present race drivers are permitted an annual complete of 1,000km (621 miles) of testing in automobiles from earlier years. The 2023 automotive is the latest that can be utilized beneath F1’s testing restrictions.
