Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time Wednesday and described it as "one of the best feelings of my life.” Hamilton was behind the wheel of a 2023-specification Ferrari SF-23 bearing his racing number,

Hamilton climbed into the SF-23, the team’s challenger during the 2023 season, at Ferrari’s test track on Wednesday and put the machine through its paces. Under F1’s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) regulations, Hamilton was able to get a feel for Ferrari machinery while driving a car used in a previous season.

Lewis Hamilton got behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula One car for the first time in a test for his new team on Wednesday. It was announced in February the seven-time world champion would be joining Ferrari ahead of the 2025 F1 season,