MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton will launch his bid to win the drivers’ championship at a third Formula One team when he makes his much-anticipated debut for Ferrari in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Formula One’s most successful team have not won a championship since the 2008 constructors’ title and Hamilton, moving from Mercedes to Maranello, arrives chasing a record eighth.
Hamilton’s switch has already sent fans into a frenzy in Italy and Melbourne’s big Italian community will be out in force at Albert Park as the lakeside circuit hosts the opener for the first time since 2019. (Reuters)
