F1 News: Lewis Hamilton crashes Ferrari F1 car in Barcelona

Old man Lewis Hamilton has crashed his 2023 SF-23 Ferrari F1 car during the team’s pre-season testing program in Spain.

The seven-time champion, who turned 40 recently (old for F1 standards), was unhurt after running out of talent and losing control of the team’s 2023 car in the third sector at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday.

Ferrari declined to comment on the incident, which happened on Hamilton’s second day of running at the Spanish track, where he is sharing the car with teammate Charles Leclerc.

The seven-time world champion hit the barriers with a modified version of Ferrari’s 2023 challenger – the SF-23 – which sustained damage to its suspension and aerodynamic bodywork pieces.

Coming off a wet and cold session at Fiorano last week, the Ferrari mechanics are now scrambling to fix the damaged car, so Charles Leclerc can take over.