The start of preseason testing in Bahrain on Wednesday was a major landmark in the lead-up to the new Formula One season, giving all 10 teams a first opportunity to complete extended running with their new cars. With the season opener in Australia just weeks away, every lap at Bahrain International Circuit across all three days is precious.

Lewis Hamilton was fifth-fastest in his first session of preseason testing with Ferrari as his successor at Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, posted the fastest time

Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton has been hit with a bizarre good omen for winning his eighth world championship title with Ferrari in 2025. Hamilton has moved to the Scuderia on a multi-year contract, and is hoping to once again challenge for championships following three dismal seasons with his former Mercedes team.

Lewis Hamilton was once again in the SF-25 Ferrari F1 challenger in the morning and, this time, alerted the attention of those watching with a string of table-topping laps, keeping old Mercedes teammate George Russell behind him. Yet by the “chequered flag” after eight hours of testing, it was in fact the man he replaced who stood on top.

Lewis Hamilton has revealed his immediate reaction to Fred Vasseur calling him about joining Ferrari – as anticipation builds towards his race debut with the team next week. The seven-time F1 world champion shocked the sporting world last year when he announced he would be leaving Mercedes – after 12 years and six world championships – at the end of the 2024 season.

Lewis Hamilton has teased a potential leadership role in the future, after the seven-time Formula 1 world champion landed a new off-track role. Hamilton has made the switch to Ferrari at the age of 40,

Guenther Steiner can see Charles Leclerc having the beating of Lewis Hamilton in their first season as Ferrari team-mates. That is, Steiner warns, as long as Leclerc is able to learn, from having Hamilton in the same team,

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are expected to work well together in their first season as Ferrari team-mates - but Guenther Steiner is wary of the potential pitfalls

Lewis Hamilton's new Ferrari F1 era suffered its first setback as the seven times world champion crashed Ferrari's 2023 F1 car at Barcelona. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw discuss the fallout from the accident and what it means for Hamilton's ongoing 2025 preparations.