Lewis Hamilton has used LinkedIn to share his first statement since officially joining Ferrari. After deciding to leave Mercedes for rival team Ferrari nearly a year ago, January 1 marked the start of his new contract with Scuderia.

The first time Hamilton dons the famous red Ferrari colors and gets behind the wheel of one of its F1 cars will be the moment he has longed for throughout his career. It is also set to be a relatively low-key event.

After 12 seasons and six world titles, the Briton swapped Mercedes silver for Ferrari red on January 1 as he bids to win a record eighth world title.

Seven-times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton said he was excited for 2025 and ready to embrace change at Ferrari as he updated his LinkedIn profile with the hashtag 'newjob'.

The Briton has officially joined the Italian giants from Mercedes, with whom he won six of his drivers’ world titles. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lewis Hamilton has expressed his excitement ahead of his first season as a Ferrari driver in 2025 and will partner Charles Leclerc at the team.

Having started work as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver on January 1, Lewis Hamilton took to social media to issue the first statement of this new chapter of his career

Lewis Hamilton has sent his first message as a Ferrari F1 driver, revealing he “could not be more excited for the year”. Hamilton has officially become a Ferrari driver, making the switch from Mercedes for the upcoming 2025 F1 season.

Lewis Hamilton says he "could not be more excited" as he embarks on his new career at Ferrari in 2025. The seven-time champion, whose contract with the Italian team started on 1 January, said he was "embracing new opportunities,

As Ferrari plans to put Lewis Hamilton in one of its old cars as part of its Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) session to get him acquainted with Ferrari machinery

But perhaps little did the F1 world expect that at the final race of the season, it would be McLaren and Ferrari fighting it out for the world championship, with Red Bull severely dropping off despite Max Verstappen hanging on to secure a fourth consecutive drivers' world championship.