System 1: Lewis Hamilton crashes Ferrari throughout Day 2 of Check in Barcelona
Lewis Hamilton suffered a ‘minor crash’ throughout his second outing as a Ferrari driver on Wednesday, January 29. Hamilton, a seven-time World Champion in System 1, was participating in a non-public take a look at on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Thursday.
Hamilton moved to Ferrari from Mercedes after the top of the 2024 season, his second large transfer in his profession. The 40-year-old was driving alongside his teammate Charles Leclerc on the observe when the incident occurred on Thursday. Each males had been driving Ferrari’s 2023 automobile when the incident involving the British driver occurred.
The 2023 automobile was seen as an excellent bridge for Hamilton as it could assist him become familiar with the machine for use for the 2025 season. Based on Sky Sports activities, Hamilton went off observe and into the limitations in the course of the take a look at. The 7-time world champion did not undergo any accidents, whereas the automobile took some injury to its suspension and aerodynamics, in accordance with RacingNews365. Ferrari referred to as it a ‘regular testing incident’.
Each Hamilton and Leclerc had performed one outing on the staff’s testing observe in Fiorano, Italy, the place a whole lot of followers turned as much as get a glimpse of the British driver in Ferrari colors. The three-day Check going down in Barcelona is going on behind shut doorways. The British driver is anticipated to be again in a automobile on Thursday, January 30, as he will get prepared for his new problem with the legendary staff.
Hamilton could have a brand new go together with the 2025 challenger on February 19, a day after the launch occasion in London. The pre-season testing will happen in Bahrain from February 26 to twenty-eight, earlier than the season formally kickstarts with the Australian Grand Prizx free apply on March 14.
Hamilton’s final staff swap occurred in 2013 when he had left McLaren to hitch Mercedes. It proved to be a masterstroke for the 40-year-old at the moment as he established himself as one of many best drivers of all time with the Silver Arrows.
Hamilton and Ferrari can be aiming to compete for main honours within the new season as each events goal to recapture previous glory.
