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Lewis Hamilton reveals he told Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur that an Abu Dhabi post-season test with Ferrari is “not what I wanted to do”.
There has been a lot of talk recently regarding Lewis Hamilton’s possible Ferrari debut at the Abu Dhabi post-season test, with a lot of it focusing on whether Mercedes prevented it from happening.
Now, Lewis reveals it is not something he wanted to do.
“Look, I know Fred wanted it to happen,” the Briton said.
“For me, I was in two minds. Driving the red car for the first time in Abu Dhabi does not excite me. In a perfect world, you’d get to drive it and not be seen and do the first rollout next year.
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“When I did raise it, obviously with Toto, they had all these plans that I’ve got to go and see some of the sponsors and say their farewells.
“So I don’t think it was ever going to actually be allowed even if I’d asked to have done it, because I’m contracted to the team until December 31st – and that’s totally fine.
“But it doesn’t bother me, again, because I wasn’t going to do the test. It’s not what I wanted to do.
“I told Fred that’s not what I wanted to do,” Hamilton concluded.
