ROARING 40

Lewis must turn back clock at Ferrari

- DANIEL MOXON

EVERY four years, England’s men’s football team begin a World Cup campaign dreaming of ending their long wait since 1966 for title glory.

And in order to achieve his Ferrari ambitions, Lewis Hamilton has just as many years of Formula One history in his way.

The Brit, who turns 40 today, has been a Ferrari employee for less than a week.

He begins an extensive testing programme later this month to prepare himself for his debut at the Australian Grand Prix in mid-March.

He has one goal – an eighth world title. He ended an iconic partnership with Mercedes, rivalled only by Michael Schumacher’s affinity with Ferrari, to give himself what he felt was his best chance to chase it.