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From 1/1/2025 Lewis Hamilton became a Ferrari driver.
The Ferrari media team released a very clever post.
Note the time it was posted. 16.44. 16 is Charles Leclerc's race number and 44 is Lewis Hamiltons number. (they are now team mates). Interesting to note that Mercedes have lost just under a million followers and Ferrari have gained over a million.
With all his farewell commitments to Mercedes, Lewis has not tested in last years Ferrari. (All new drivers did a test run in Abu Dhabi.) It's understood, he will be testing in Marinello, Italy, later this month.
A lot to learn. New car, new steering wheel, new team, new race engineer and new language.
Personally, I'm not expecting him to do that well initially. Only time will tell.
* F1 live at the O2 Arena London. February
* Pre- Season Testing in Bahrain 26th-28th February.
* 1st Race - Australia Friday March 14th-Sunday 16th March.
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TEAM STANDINGS. (Due to the double DNF Ferrari have dropped from 2nd to 4th)
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Las Vegas F1.
Very cold with rain expected over the weekend. Also Las Vegas is 8 hrs behind UK so I'll not be sitting up to watch any session live. 😂
Incidentally, LV is NOT a track where McLaren is known to go well.
This year, FP1 saw Norris reach 6th and Piastri 8th.
Whilst Verstappen finished 4th.
In 2023 Max won with Leclerc 2nd.
In 2025 Russell won with Hamilton 2nd.
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LAS VEGAS FP1
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In my post above the image of FP1, I said in the last sentence 2025 was won by Russell with Hamilton 2nd.
IT SHOULD HAVE SAID "In 2024 the race was won by Russell"
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FP2 was interrupted by 2 red flags which stopped the running for this session.
Charles Leclerc stopped on track with a gear box issue. The running was also stopped due to a loose manhole cover. The Stewards let the cars go out after checking the cover and THEN stopped the session with another red flag for another loose cover.
Lewis did not get his soft tyre run in. All this meant Norris went top. Very scrappy and unsatisfactory!
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FP3 Las Vegas . Wild and wet
Both McLaren's lost telemetry between the cars and the pit wall as the rain worsened. So they had to bring them in as it was too dangerous.
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Qualifying . Rain lashing down session
Out in Q1
Hamilton 20th (Lewis made a mistake as he thought the timing light had turned red as he approached it. He was wrong as shown on the Sky Pad. It was green and he would have had time for one more flying lap!)
Tsunoda 19th
Borteleto 18th
Antonelli 17th
Albon 16th (put his car into the wall)
OUT IN Q2
Colapinto 15th
Bearman 14th
Ocon 13th
Stroll 12th
Hulkenberg 11th.
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Q3
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GRID FOR LAS VEGAS 2025
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I'm just watching Qualifying now. 1 min from the end Lewis asked the team 'Am I safe? No reply. He asked again. Still no reply. So Lewis did think the red light was on but it was green. His team should have told him to push as he had time for one more flying lap! No such info given. Pretty sickening.
