Hamilton's Barcelona Ferrari F1 tests begin - what you need to know

After the mega hype of his debut Ferrari test at Fiorano, Lewis Hamilton’s return to action with the squad at Barcelona's Formula 1 track this week is a more low-key and serious affair.

Away from the spotlight of the media and fans, the two tests that Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc are scheduled to do over the next seven days are intended to get some proper momentum under way as preparations gear up for the 2025 season.

There will be no posing for photographs, nor the kind of theatrics witnessed at Fiorano as Hamilton visited the Tifosi and Leclerc performed some doughnuts.

Instead, there are clear programmes in place – even if the final run plan, and which driver is running when, remains quite flexible for now.

All that has been posted so far is a video of Leclerc leaving the pits in an SF-23.

Up close with @charles_leclerc and the SF-23