Lewis Hamilton has promised fans that he is \u201cnot going anywhere\u201d as he took a moment to reflect on 2026 pre-season testing, with the Ferrari driver admitting that he is excited for what he has predicted will be \u201cone hell of a season\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Scuderia looked to have enjoyed a productive test during the second week in Bahrain, the squad achieving 324 laps<\/a> as well as setting the fast lap of all courtesy of Charles Leclerc<\/a>\u2019s 1m 31.992s on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n In a social media post after the completion of the second and final test before the season gets underway in Melbourne<\/a> on March 6-8, Hamilton<\/a> spoke of his gratitude for the work put in by the whole team to get the SF-26 out on track.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a wrap on testing,\u201d the seven-time World Champion wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s inspiring to watch a team pull out all the stops to build a car. It\u2019s the most fascinating part of this job for me. Everything is built from scratch and designed and redesigned over and over.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then there are only a few of us who get to put that machine to the test. That feeling never gets old. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone in the team back at the factory for the hard work to get to this point!! I am truly grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n