Lewis Hamilton has driven Ferrari's 2024 car for the first time after returning to the Barcelona track for the latest run in one of his new team's cars ahead of 2025 pre-season testing later this month.

Hamilton, on track for the first time since a crash at the same circuit last week on his third day of running in Ferrari's 2023 challenger, has again shared driving duties with new team-mate Charles Leclerc but this time in a modified version of the Scuderia's SF-24 during two days of 2026 Pirelli tyre testing.

The Ferrari pair were joined at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Tuesday by McLaren's Lando Norris, who was driving a mule version of the constructors' champions' 2023 car. Oscar Piastri took over the McLaren on Wednesday, with Hamilton and Leclerc again splitting their running.

The two-day test is controlled by Pirelli, who decide upon the run plans for the teams and drivers to help the Italian manufacturer with their development for the 2026 season when F1's tyres are being made narrow as part of the wholesale package of changes to the chassis and engine regulations.

On a dry opening day in Spain, Hamilton, Leclerc and Norris tested prototype slick compounds of various constructions and harder compounds around the high-speed Spanish track.

The exact nature of the drivers' runs and compounds used are not revealed, while the old cars being use have been modified from how they would have been run originally to simulate the expected lower 2026 downforce levels.

Pirelli reported that Norris set the fastest time of Tuesday on a 1:15.215 after 159 laps, with Hamilton clocking a 1:15.930 after 87 laps and Leclerc a best time of 1:16.060 on the back of 86 laps.

For Wednesday's second day, Leclerc and Hamilton were due to drive in the morning and afternoon respectively, with Piastri getting the full day in the MCL60.

The Pirelli test continues the countdown to F1's 2025 launch season, although the nature of the new car unveilings for this year is set to be different owing to the all-team F1 75 season launch event taking place at The O2 on February 18 when the whole grid will show off their driver pairings and latest liveries.

Most teams are set to therefore set to simply release images of their 2025 cars online either side of the O2 event, with Williams currently scheduled to be the first on February 14, albeit with the FW47 cloaked in a special one-off livery.

Ferrari are however due to hold a launch for their new SF-25 on February 19.

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