Lewis Hamilton has revealed his immediate reaction to Fred Vasseur calling him about joining Ferrari – as anticipation builds towards his race debut with the team next week. The seven-time F1 world champion shocked the sporting world last year when he announced he would be leaving Mercedes – after 12 years and six world championships – at the end of the 2024 season.

Sir Lewis Hamilton is getting used to his new team in Maranello and his new race engineer at Ferrari. The seven-time world champion is learning new Italian phrases to better fit into the Scuderia.