Ferrari took to the track for the first time on Wednesday with the new 2025 car it hopes will end a lengthy Formula 1 trophy drought.

The test is the only one before the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne kicks off the 24-race season on March 16

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton has started Formula 1 preseason testing for Ferrari in the next step in his bid to win an eighth F1 title with his new team. The 40-year-old British driver left Mercedes to join Ferrari this season after spending 12 years and winning six of his seven world titles with the Silver Arrows.

A Ferrari star has dropped a stunning new release, prompting thoughts about a potential collaboration with new Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton . Hamilton has joined the team on a multi-year contract from 2025, as he goes in search of a so-far elusive eighth world championship title before his career comes to an end.

One of the most important novelties of the new season, if not the most important one as far as the drivers' market and the media coverage generated by his transfer are concerned, concerns the arrival in Maranello of Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc won't be speaking to the press at tonight’s (Tuesday) Formula One launch event. The Formula One world will be descending on the O2 Arena in London for the 2025 season’s curtain raiser.

Lewis Hamilton is starting over at Ferrari in the final part of his career. The Englishman, who last season ended his long and successful professional career at Mercedes, has decided to give himself a dream tinged with red at the age of 40.

Lewis Hamilton did more than a full race distance on his first day of testing for Ferrari on Wednesday but Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli, his replacement at Mercedes, topped the opening session timesheets and did the most mileage.