Revealed: What Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton said in first Italian speech

Lewis Hamilton ha♐s been showing off his Italian during a visit to Ferrari's F1 factory🔜.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton showed off his Italian when he addressed staff at Ferrari’s F1 base.

The seven-time world champion is continuiꦐng his adaptation to☂ his new team after completing a blockbuster switch from Mercedes following 12 years with the Silver Arrows.

Hamilton, who activated a break clause in🧜 his Mercedes contract to make the move to Ferrari, has been making an effort to learn Italian and embrace the famous team’s unique culture.

The 40-year-old Briton made a highly-anticipated first visit to Ferrari’s Maranello headquarter🧜s 🃏last month and has been getting to know the factory and team.

On Wednesday, footage circulated on social media of Hamilton puttiꦜng his new skill to the test, as he delivered a speech in Italian to the factory for the first time.

It has now been revealed what Hamilton, who was joined on stage by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and Ferrar💃i team principal Frederic Vasseur, told hi꧃s new teammates.

"Thank you all for your warm welcome,” Hamilton said, as per Itali෴an publication .

(RIP Duo 😔) lessons have paid off! 👀🇮🇹

The 7x F1 world champ was in Maranello speaking to Ferrari staff in their native language 👏

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Ahead of his debut season in the iconic red of Ferrari, Hamilton has been carrying out an ꦜextensive pre-season private testing programme.

Hamilton made his on-track debut for Ferrari in their 2023 car at Fiorano, before ha✤ving a further outing in the SF-23 at Barcelona.

🐼Despite suffering a crash during his second test, Hamilton is reported to have made positive progress with familiarising himself to Ferrari’s car☂s and procedures.

He 🐻then got the chౠance to pilot a modified version of Ferrari’s 2024 car as part of a 2026 tyre test for Pirelli.

Hamilton will get his first tasteꦕ of Ferrari’s 2025 challenger on 19 February in a shakedown run at Fiorano.

Following that, Hamilton and Leclerc will get to properly put the SF-25 thr🍸ough its paces during official pre-season testing in Bahrain from 26-28 February.

Hamilton’s eagerly-antiꦜcipated Ferrari race debut will come at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 16 March. 

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