“I’m not worried at all,” he said. “He’s coming with experience of this. He did almost 20 seasons in F1 – and he will manage perfectly this period.”
Beyond this week’s test in Barcelona, Hamilton is expected to get more mileage in a Ferrari when the Italian team take part in a two-day Pirelli tyre test at the same venue next week.
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That will be conducted in a 2024-spec Ferrari, which won five Grands Prix last year but will be modified to replicate the performance characteristics of a 2026 car, with the run plan defined by tyre supplier Pirelli.
Hamilton will then get his hands on the new-for-2025 Ferrari at Fiorano on February 19 in a shakedown as part of their launch before running it for 1.5 days at the pre-season test in Bahrain, which starts on February 26.