On January 20, 2025, for the 40-year-old Hamilton, the first day of officially becoming a Ferrari driver, the "Little Man" launched a "Prancing Horse Day Tour".
On his first day as a Ferrari driver, Hamilton embarked on a 'Prancing Horse Day Tour'. The picture shows the little man in Enzo. Ferrari's former residence.
He first visited Ferrari's headquarters, Maranello, and then was welcomed at Fiorano (Ferrari test track) by Prancing Horse team leader Vasseur and CEO Vigner. Little Han is known for his beloved Ferrari F40 supercar, and the founder of the new owner, Enzo Brown. Group photo at the former Ferrari house.
Later, he returned to Maranello and met with Ferrari vice president and Enzo's son Piero. Ferrari met and interviewed the departments and new colleagues. On the same day, Xiao Han posted a series of pictures and texts in bilingual (English and Italian) on social media, and he wrote, "There are days that you will always remember, and today (yesterday) my first day as a Ferrari is such a day. "I've been lucky enough to have achieved something in my [F1] career that I never thought I would, but deep down I've always dreamed of driving a red [Ferrari] car. I'm so happy that I've made that dream come true. "Today, we start a new era in the history of this iconic team, and I can't wait to see what kind of story we will write together."
When Hamilton showed up in Maranello, he was warmly welcomed by the 'Tifosi' (a Ferrari fan). (F1 Facebook image)
Hamilton began his F1 career at McLaren in 2007 and won his first F1 Drivers' World Championship in Season 2 (2008). After moving to Marseilles in 2013, he went on to win the Drivers' World Championship in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and helped Silver Arrow to his eighth consecutive constructors' title (2014-2021).
So far, he has won the most races (105 titles), the most pole positions (104 strokes), the most podium records (202) and the most points (4862.5) in F1 history.
Now that he has joined Ferrari, he will continue to challenge for an eighth F1 Drivers' World Championship and join Leclerc to regain the Constructors' Championship title with the Prancing Horse. The last Ferrari driver to win the F1 World Championship was Iceman "Iceman" Lekononn in 2007, while the Prancing Horse's last constructors' title was in 2008.