Lewis Hamilton, now with Ferrari after his move from Mercedes, has shared his first post since a minor crash during testing.

The incident happened during a three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the team’s 2023 F1 car.

When news emerged on Wednesday that Lewis Hamilton had crashed the 2023 Ferrari car in a private test in Barcelona, the natural response was that his acclimatisation in scarlet red wasn’t quite going according to plan.

Ferrari sent a composites specialist to Barcelona in the immediate aftermath of Lewis Hamilton’s test crash earlier this week, it has been claimed. Having staged their traditional January ‘wake-up test’ at Fiorano last week,

Lewis Hamilton has waved to a crowd of waiting fans as he drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time since joining the Italian team for the 2025 season.

Ferrari have confirmed that their 2025 F1 car will be called the SF-25, in line with their last two Scuderia challengers. Lewis Hamilton will debut in scarlet red this year and is set to drive the SF-25 for the first time at the official three-day pre-season test in Bahrain from 26-28 February.

Sir Lewis Hamilton has spoken out for the first time after he crashed during a pre-season test which caused ‘significant damage’ to his Ferrari. The seven-time Formula 1 champion’s Ferrari career began last week and he has been testing some of their older cars in order to get acclimatised with his new team.

Ferrari have announced the official name of the first F1 car Lewis Hamilton will drive with the team in 2025. The seven-time world champion is yet to take to the track in Ferrari’s 2025 challenger, with Hamilton instead getting to grips with his new team in the SF-23 and 24.