Lewis Hamilton Starts Adjusting To Ferrari Red When Starting The New Era Of F1

Lewis Hamilton began coloring his personal Instagram with a Ferrari red color (Instagram/@lewishamilton).

JAKARTA - Lewis Hamilton has now started using the old red color typical of Formula 1 after officially starting his career as a Ferrari racer.

The highly anticipated F1 partnership between the team and the most successful riders in the sport began on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

Hamilton joined Ferrari on a two-year contract from Mercedes, where he won six of his seven F1 titles.

Although Hamilton will not drive the Ferrari in an official track session until pre-season trials begin on February 26, 2025, the Briton soon marked a new era by sharing a photo of himself wearing red on Instagram.

Hamilton uploaded a photo of his childhood gokar - with his iconic racing number 44 - wearing a red helmet before also sharing his latest photo wearing a red ski jacket on Instagram Story.

Ferrari also celebrated the start of the collaboration by uploading coordinated photos at 16:44 local time, which is synonymous with the number of riders Charles Leclerc and Hamilton.

Hamilton replaces Carlos Sainz in Scuderia. The Spaniard moved to Williams despite appearing impressive with Leclerc for four years.

Ferrari confirmed Hamilton's recruitment in February 2024, before Sainz enjoyed his best F1 season.

Hamilton, with his own high standards, fought hard last season. Despite the drought of the two-year race victory ending, finishing seventh in the 2024 F1 standings was the lowest achievement in his career.

Although there will only be three days of pre-season testing for Hamilton to adapt to his new team and car - as well as a possible debut through the Pirelli car testing program - Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur, is not worried about the seven-times world champion integration.

"It's always a challenge, from early January 2025 to the launch of the season. That is, it's very important for you to have only six weeks (before pre-season trials), it's not easy."

"However, I think he also came up with his own experience. He's not the best newcomer this year."

"That means I'm not worried about this at all. It's also a continuation of the previous (technical) regulations."

"It means a lot to us, we have some references. I'm not worried, but it's true that it's a challenge," Vasseur said.

After testing was completed on February 28, 2025, the new season began with the Australian Grand Prix F1 on March 16, 2025.

Hamilton, who will turn 40 in January 2025, will seek to add 105 race wins and seven titles in the 2025 season. Meanwhile, Ferrari is eyeing the first constructor title since 2008.