The Ferrari driver", followed by a heart emoji. Hamilton joined the team last month and will compete in the 2025 season alongside Charles Leclerc, who has been with Ferrari since 2019.
When and where to watch the Formula 1 preseason tests? There are two days of activities left (February 27 and 28) and the tests take place at these times: - From 01:00 to 05:00 hours (Central Time Mexico). - From 06:00 to 10:00 hours (Central Time Mexico).
The live broadcast is on FOX Sports Mexico and F1 TV. One hour of lost time was added at the end of the day. The day was divided into two sessions, with ten F1 drivers on track in each, and Hamilton was the fifth fastest in the morning — when times were generally slower.
In the morning session, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Hamilton's successor at Mercedes, set the best time of the day. Antonelli led the qualifying session among the ten drivers on track in Wednesday's morning session. The 18-year-old Italian rookie also managed to complete 78 laps, matching the highest amount on the Bahrain circuit.
Liam Lawson, replacing Sergio Pérez at Red Bull, was .132 seconds off Antonelli's pace despite a spin. Hamilton, at 40 years old, was .406 behind in fifth place after completing 70 laps in the new Ferrari SF-25.
Each team can have one car on track at a time during preseason testing. In Wednesday's morning session, Hamilton was joined by Lawson, the new teammate of champion Max Verstappen at Red Bull this season, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri, and two-time champion Fernando Alonso from Aston Martin.
Hamilton left Mercedes to join Ferrari this season after spending 12 years and winning six of his seven world titles with the Silver Arrows. After Hamilton exited the garage in the red car No. 44 at the Bahrain circuit, F1's social media posted the message: "Lewis Hamilton. What happens with the blackout?"
In the days leading up to the start of the 2025 F1 season, the Austrian team started on the 'wrong foot': Red Bull was booed at the F1 75 Live, a situation that angered four-time champion Max Verstappen, who, according to his father, is so upset that he warned he would not return to an event like that in England.
During the power outage in Bahrain, teams worked with flashlights in the garages.
