Lewis Hamilton will kick off the 2025 season with his new team at Ferrari, and former Red Bull boss Richard Hopkins said that another former world champion could have been his main motivation.

Lewis Hamilton has been gaining more attention than Charles Leclerc, a key point that he has commented on ahead of the 2025 season opener.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton racing a Ferrari for the first time. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen arriving without a lot of mileage in his Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton insisted he is not feeling the pressure and has nothing to prove ahead of his Ferrari debut at Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Ahead of his big Ferrari debut Lewis Hamilton vowed to deliver in red, insisting the pressure he places himself under is all coming from within.

Hamilton is widely considered F1’s G.O.A.T. No driver boasts more victories or pole positions in the sport’s 75-year history, his record tally of seven world championships is one he shares with Michael Schumacher and he transcends the sport. But it is not hyperbole to suggest Hamilton’s legacy is on the line.

Lewis Hamilton says the work ethic of “Mr Ferrari” Charles Leclerc is what has surprised him most about his new Formula 1 team-mate at the Scuderia. Hamilton’s blockbuster move from Mercedes to join Ferrari means he becomes Leclerc’s third team-mate in the Monegasque’s now seven-year stint in red – after Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz.