Verstappen took advantage of highly controversial decisions by race control under the safety car at the Yas Marina Circuit to pass his fierce Mercedes rival on the last lap to snatch the F1 crown in 2021, denying the seven-time champion the chance to eclipse Michael Schumacher's record they both share.

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.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has revealed that Lewis Hamilton will test in one of the team's older cars of the current ground effect era through one or t