Hamilton back in action for Ferrari, McLaren also active in Pirelli test

Lewis Hamilton's debut in a Ferrari will not have been missed by any F1 fan earlier this week. For days, the Brit dominated the front pages, with his first working day with the Italian team and, of course, the first test in an old F1 car of the iconic marquee. It is now clear when Hamilton will step into a Ferrari F1 car again.

It was already known that Ferrari wanted Hamilton, and also his teammate Charles Leclerc, to test again before the launch of the 2025 car, and this time it will be in Barcelona. It had long been assumed that a TPC test (a test of a car older than two years) would take place at the end of January.

GPblog can confirm that it is not going to be this month, however, but next month that the pair will again take the wheel of an F1 car. Pirelli, when asked, informed this site that a 2026 tyre test will take place on February 4 and 5.

Not only Ferrari will be at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona then, but McLaren will also take part in the test. It is still unclear which drivers the British will deploy, but it is obvious that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will at least clock up some mileage.