The fastest circus is about to hit the road Hamilton in Ferrari, a spectacle assured What compelled this 40-year-old, who’s won everything in his rich career, to abandon the safety of Mercedes after 11 years and step into the unknown? We’ll discover in Melbourne this March
At the other end of the spectrum is 43-year-old Fernando Alonso, who was an F1 champion before young Kimi was even born. Plenty of ex- perienced drivers have also made their leave, including Valtteri Bot- tas, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciar- do and Kevin Magnussen, each of whom had at least ten years’ expe- rience. However, Formula 1 needs new, fresh faces for the “TikTok generation”. Australia returns to the race cal- endar’s season-opener position af- ter a five-year break, with 2025 set to include a total of 24 Grand Prix weekends on five continents. The roadshow heads from Melbourne to Shanghai, which has been acces- sible to us via direct flight from Bel- grade since 11 th January. Take your comfortable seat aboard Air Serbia’s
L ewis Hamilton is Ferrari’s new driver! The news that circled the globe at light- speed a year ago will come to pass at the Australian Grand Prix on 16 th March. We will then finally get to see Hamilton in the famous red car of Ferrari, a team that always has been, and remains, synonymous with Formula 1.
The upcoming season has be- come interesting before it’s even started, with as many as ten drivers changing teams, and only McLaren and Aston Martin retaining their 2024 pairings. The youngest driv- er at the start in Melbourne will be Andrea Kimi Antonelli, an Ital- ian boy born in 2006, who takes none other than Hamilton’s spot.
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