Lewis Hamilton experiments live on at Ferrari as fresh test details emerge
Lewis Hamilton was “trying things” during his first test for Ferrari this week, with the seven-time F1 World Champion not content to “just go round” the track at Fiorano.
That is the claim of Vicky Piria, the Italian racing driver, who witnessed the run trackside in her capacity as a Sky Italy presenter.
Lewis Hamilton ‘trying things’ during Ferrari test debut
Almost a year after his move from Mercedes was announced, Hamilton made his first public appearances as a Ferrari driver this week as his preparations for the F1 2025 season stepped up.
After meeting his new team at the Maranello factory on Monday, the seven-time World Champion got his first taste of a Ferrari F1 car at the team’s Fiorano test track on Wednesday.
Hamilton completed 30 laps behind the wheel of the team’s 2023 car in wet conditions and later described his first test for Ferrari as “one of the best feelings of my life.”
Ferrari are set to hold another private test in Barcelona from Tuesday, with Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc also set to participate in a Pirelli tyre test with a modified 2024 car at the Spanish Grand Prix venue in early February.
Such was the huge public interest in Hamilton’s Ferrari track debut – attended by hundreds of members of the tifosi, the team’s hardcore fanbase – that the test was broadcast live by Sky Italy.
Piria has fronted Sky’s F1 coverage in Italy since last year, having replaced Federica Masolin as the channel’s lead presenter at the start of last season.
And the 31-year-old, who spent a single season in the GP3 (now F3) feeder series in 2012, has offered fresh insight into Hamilton’s first outing at Fiorano.
Piria claimed that Hamilton was not content to rack up the laps, with the former Mercedes driver experimenting with different functions like the differential and brake balance in the cockpit.
She told Sky Sports News: “Even though it was really damp, wet and really cold, we saw Lewis try different stuff.
“We saw him work a bit with the E-Diff, we saw him work with the brake balance, saw some locking.
“He wasn’t just going around and doing installation laps, he was actually trying things.
“Not pushing pushing, but trying things.
“That’s him getting into the momentum, understanding things, the settings on the steering wheel and how they work.
“They learn everything on the sim but then actually transferring the feelings onto the real track.
“So it’s really forward motion for him be
Lewis Hamilton experiments live on at Ferrari as fresh test details emerge
Lewis Hamilton was “trying things” during his first test for Ferrari this week, with the seven-time F1 World Champion not content to “just go round” the track at Fiorano.
That is the claim of Vicky Piria, the Italian racing driver, who witnessed the run trackside in her capacity as a Sky Italy presenter.
Lewis Hamilton ‘trying things’ during Ferrari test debut
Almost a year after his move from Mercedes was announced, Hamilton made his first public appearances as a Ferrari driver this week as his preparations for the F1 2025 season stepped up.
After meeting his new team at the Maranello factory on Monday, the seven-time World Champion got his first taste of a Ferrari F1 car at the team’s Fiorano test track on Wednesday.
Hamilton completed 30 laps behind the wheel of the team’s 2023 car in wet conditions and later described his first test for Ferrari as “one of the best feelings of my life.”
Ferrari are set to hold another private test in Barcelona from Tuesday, with Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc also set to participate in a Pirelli tyre test with a modified 2024 car at the Spanish Grand Prix venue in early February.
Such was the huge public interest in Hamilton’s Ferrari track debut – attended by hundreds of members of the tifosi, the team’s hardcore fanbase – that the test was broadcast live by Sky Italy.
Piria has fronted Sky’s F1 coverage in Italy since last year, having replaced Federica Masolin as the channel’s lead presenter at the start of last season.
And the 31-year-old, who spent a single season in the GP3 (now F3) feeder series in 2012, has offered fresh insight into Hamilton’s first outing at Fiorano.
Piria claimed that Hamilton was not content to rack up the laps, with the former Mercedes driver experimenting with different functions like the differential and brake balance in the cockpit.
She told Sky Sports News: “Even though it was really damp, wet and really cold, we saw Lewis try different stuff.
“We saw him work a bit with the E-Diff, we saw him work with the brake balance, saw some locking.
“He wasn’t just going around and doing installation laps, he was actually trying things.
“Not pushing pushing, but trying things.
“That’s him getting into the momentum, understanding things, the settings on the steering wheel and how they work.
“They learn everything on the sim but then actually transferring the feelings onto the real track.
“So it’s really forward motion for him be