Lewis Hamilton was unscathed and Ferrari should not involved after his crash in Barcelona.
Hamilton misplaced management of his Ferrari on Wednesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in his third general day of driving for his new F1 crew.
However he was unharmed by the incident, which has now been described as a “minor crash” by Sky Sports activities.
Craig Slater reported: “He was described as completely fantastic afterwards, by a senior Ferrari supply.
“However the automobile needed to be recovered, and brought again to the pits, for repairs.
“Because it’s been defined to me, by a senior Ferrari supply, that is completely regular for this time of yr, notably for somebody like Hamilton who’s trying to discover the restrict of his new gear.”
Lewis Hamilton crashes Ferrari
Hamilton was behind the wheel of a 2023 Ferrari on Wednesday, as per the TPC [Testing of Previous Car] guidelines which insists a automobile at the least two years outdated should be used exterior of official F1 testing.
Hamilton was as a result of drive within the morning, with teammate Charles Leclerc taking on within the afternoon.
However after Hamilton’s session was curtailed by his crash, Leclerc was unable to move out in any respect.
The unique plan for Thursday – the ultimate day of Ferrari’s three-day take a look at in Barcelona – was handy over driving duties to a duo of take a look at drivers.
Antonio Giovinazzi and Dino Beganovic are the names who will reportedly take over.
However given Hamilton’s working was shortened, and Leclerc’s didn’t happen in any respect, it stays to be seen if Ferrari decide to vary their plans to offer their two star drivers some extra mileage.
F1 insiders have been eager to level out that though Hamilton’s crash on Wednesday was sudden, it may be a pure consequence of a driver in a brand new automobile in search of to shortly discover its restrict.
Hamilton, in spite of everything, has prior expertise of crashing the F1 automobile of his model new crew.
At each McLaren and Mercedes, he was concerned in preseason testing incidents.
He misplaced management of the McLaren MP4-22 in early-2007 in Valencia, then shunted his Mercedes on his fifteenth lap for his new crew in early-2013.
Neither of these alliances went badly for the record-setting Hamilton who will hope Wednesday’s crash was a forgettable blemish on his subsequent nice journey.
