However, Dutch racing driver, Tom Coronel, has recently delivered a brutal rant regarding Hamilton, claiming that the champion should ‘disappear’ from the sport when he claims his eighth world title. “I would also say: Ferrari is just your final destination. Become world champion and disappear,” Coronel said to Racingnews365.

Ferrari has booked the Spanish Grand Prix venue from 28-30 January for a three-day private test which Hamilton will take part in alongside new teammate Charles Leclerc. Weather conditions look set to be cool, but dry and sunny throughout the week in Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time Wednesday and described it as "one of the best feelings of my life.” Hamilton was behind the wheel of a 2023-specification Ferrari SF-23 bearing his racing number,