The air of determination around Lewis Hamilton is certainly familiar but there is now also a sense of expectation, an aura radiating through the murky gloom of an empty enormo‑drome in the desert. Hamilton has always been a star but, entering his 19th Formula One season with a new start at Ferrari, he is now burning even brighter.
In the chill wind of an unseasonably cold Bahrain for pre-season testing, Hamilton is a man anew as he takes on a challenge with the Scuderia, reinvigorated as perhaps he has not been since last he struck out on his own course when leaving McLaren for Mercedes in 2013.
