Lewis Hamilton crashed throughout his third outing for Ferrari through the workforce’s non-public take a look at operating in Barcelona.
Sky Sports activities Information understands Hamilton was completely superb and that the incident was thought to be the form of regular scenario that may occur in such testing classes.
The crash occurred on Ferrari’s second of three days of operating on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the venue for the Spanish Grand Prix, with Hamilton sharing driving duties within the workforce’s 2023 automotive with new team-mate Charles Leclerc.
Leclerc was resulting from take over the automotive within the afternoon however didn’t run after Hamilton’s accident.
It was Hamilton’s third day within the SF-23 general following his eagerly-anticipated debut at Fiorano, Ferrari’s personal take a look at monitor, final week the place he accomplished an preliminary 30 laps.
The checks in two-year previous vehicles are permitting Hamilton to acclimatise to his new workforce’s methods, vehicles and dealing practices on the monitor forward of his first season at F1’s most-famous workforce.
The exact particulars of Wednesday’s incident in Spain when Hamilton went off the monitor are usually not presently identified, with Ferrari not offering operating updates on the behind-closed-doors three-day session.
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Hamilton in Ferrari purple – the newest footage
Hamilton started his week within the SF-23 in Barcelona on Tuesday afternoon after Leclerc had first pushed the automotive through the morning, with Ferrari offering contemporary photos of the seven-time world champion of their well-known colors each on monitor and dealing with the workforce’s engineers. (All footage courtesy of Scuderia Ferrari).
Ferrari’s January testing with Hamilton defined
Ferrari’s new 2025 automotive continues to be in growth forward of its launch (February 19) and pre-season testing (February 26-28), however F1’s sporting rules permit for the Testing of Earlier Vehicles (TPC), below sure restrictions, with groups this yr capable of run their challengers from 2023, 2022 or 2021 exterior of race weekends and official 2025 testing.
The Scuderia have unsurprisingly opted to finish their early January operating with the newest automotive allowed, the 2023 SF-23.
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Followers erupt in cheers and chants as Lewis Hamilton arrives on the monitor for his first take a look at session with Ferrari.
However F1’s rules solely permit 4 of a workforce’s complete TPC days for a yr (20) to be with present race drivers.
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Sky Sports activities’ Craig Slater heads to Maranello to seize the historic day that Tifosi welcomes Lewis Hamilton for his first take a look at as a Ferrari driver.
However there’ll nonetheless be alternatives for the pair to get on monitor earlier than Ferrari’s 2025 automotive is launched, with Pirelli take a look at days for 2026 tyre growth in 2024 mule vehicles additionally happening over the subsequent month with sure groups. Hamilton is once more set to characteristic at Barcelona in such a tyre take a look at subsequent week.
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