Lewis Hamilton is waxing lyrically about Ferrari, but for some in the team's engineering department, his arrival is the dream.

A gut feeling drove Lewis Hamilton to sign for Ferrari, Formula One's most successful driver told LinkedIn on Thursday, at the start of his bid to return the sport's most successful team to former glories.

Lewis Hamilton says his decision to sign for Ferrari was a “total leap of faith” driven by “gut feeling”. The seven-time world champion shocked the F1 world last February when he announced he would be leaving Mercedes in order to complete a blockbuster switch to rivals Ferrari.