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Ferrari’s team director Fred Vasseur, told Lewis Hamilton “ready” for Melbourne debut next weekend. The British has undergone an extensive test program and recorded hundreds of turns during the preseason in Bahrein last week. Hamilton’s first race with the Scuderia will be the starting ladder in Melbourne.

The seven -time world champion suffered the most difficult season of his career with Mercedes In 2024, ending seventh in the classification of the pilots championship despite registering two victories of the Grand Prize. In FerrariHowever, he has received a new beginning and approached the preseason with enthusiasm that is not seen in Hamilton in many years. The 40 -year -old has a golden opportunity to fight for his eighth world championship that breaks records, although with McLaren, Max Verstappen And the teammate Charles Leclerc on his way, will have to do it in the difficult way.

“It was nice to start on the track after the first two months of enormous enthusiasm,” Ferrari Boss Vasseur told the Italian media Corriere della will. “Although he is a world champion seven times, he is living a completely new experience.

“It is not easy to change equipment. He has known new procedures, had to get used to a different steering wheel and a different software. They were intense days, he went well in Bahrain, and now he is ready for Melbourne. “

While rivals Bull Red and Mercedes You will have clear drivers in 2025 with Verstappen and George Russellrespectively, the presence of two competitive forces in the Ferrari The camp could cause Vasseur some headaches this season. However, the French believes that Hamilton’s presence in Maranello will galvanize Leclerc instead of putting it under pressure.

“From the first day I started talking to Lewis, I was convinced that it would also be good for Charles by removing some pressure,” Vasseur continued. “And then, after four years with Carlos, the best way to learn was to have a new teammate. In addition, to see new ways of working. “