A hearsay about Lewis Hamilton first unfold by Jeremy Clarkson has been backed up by an Italian newspaper.
Well-known TV star and F1 fan Clarkson – a schoolfriend of Adrian Newey’s – was essential of Hamilton’s adaptation to Ferrari final month.
After criticising Hamilton’s apparel and the eye surrounding his first day at Maranello, Clarkson wrote in The Solar: “I’m informed his new home isn’t anyplace close to the staff’s HQ. It’s in Milan, and he doesn’t even commute in a Ferrari highway automotive, selecting as an alternative to make use of Fiat’s helicopter.
“It made me surprise. What’s Lewis now? A driver? Or a celebrity?”
A newspaper in Italy has now additionally reported the place Hamilton’s Italian base might be, corroborating Clarkson’s hearsay.
Hamilton will reside in Milan, 195kmh from Ferrari’s HQ, Corriere Della Sera report.
He’ll keep within the Porta Nuova space, a predominant enterprise district of Milan.
Hamilton discovered his new base to be “higher than the splendid residences” within the Emilia-Romagna area, the place Ferrari’s HQ is.
There was no point out of Clarkson’s declare about travelling by helicopter.
The identical report states that Hamilton has already been studying Italian.
Footage has already unfold of Hamilton addressing his new colleagues in Italian, saying: “Thanks all to your heat welcome.
“I’m pleased to begin this new journey with you, in Ferrari. It has all the time been my dream to be a part of this staff. I can not wait to work with you. Thanks.”
Lewis Hamilton stayed in motorhome at Maranello
Hamilton spent his first few nights at Maranello in his personal motorhome, Corriere Della Sera report.
He obscured the Mercedes branding on his motorhome, they report. Entry to Ferrari is permitted solely to automobiles of the Stellantis Group.
Ferrari’s new celebrity driver is being supported by a workers of 12 individuals who “clear up each downside, from logistics to communication”, the newspaper studies.
This bedding-in course of will hopefully enable Hamilton to reach on the season-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix and start competition for the document eighth drivers’ title.
After showing in public wearing purple for the primary time on the F1 75 Dwell launch alongside Charles Leclerc and Fred Vasseur, he’ll once more take a look at his new machine privately in Italy.
He’ll shake down the 2025 model of the automotive for the primary time at Fiorano right now (Wednesday). Followers have already flocked to the scene the place Hamilton first drove an older-spec Ferrari weeks in the past.
F1 official preseason testing in Bahrain will enable the remainder of the world a correct have a look at Hamilton behind the wheel of the Ferrari.
