Lewis Hamilton will first test a Ferrari F1 car early next year, with the prospect of him driving at the 2024 post-season test in Abu Dhabi a non-starter. Seven-time F1 world champion will leave Mercedes after 12 years at the Silver Arrows at the end of the season and only has three races left before he moves to the Scuderia in 2025.

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For now, Hamilton's first drive in a Ferrari is most accurately slated for January at Ferrari's Fiorano track, where he will sit behind the wheel of the F1-75 from the 2022 season. This gives the Brit a head start before the pre-season testing in Bahrain ...