New Lewis Hamilton Crash Details Surface As Leclerc suffering Ferrari backlash

The new Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton’s test accident on Wednesday took place at Turn 12 in the Barcelona cycle, it has emerged.

And the seven-time world champion’s misfortune proved to be extremely expensive for teammate Charles Leclerc, who was unable to go on the field at all when repairs were carried out by Ferrari.

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Following the team’s traditional ‘wake-up’ test at Fiorano a week ago, Ferrari’s preparations for the F1 2025 season for the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya moved this week for a three-day test with the 2023 car.

Leclerc and Hamilton split driving tasks on Tuesday, with the former going on the field in the morning before Hamilton took over in the afternoon.

The running order was reversed on Wednesday when Hamilton completed the team’s race during the morning session prior to a scheduled change after lunch.

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However, Hamilton left the track and hit barriers at about 1 p.m. 11 local time and causes extensive damage to the car’s suspension and some aerodynamic components.

The original trackside reports claimed that Hamilton’s accident took place in the final sector of the Barcelona lap, triggering the fear of Ferrari SF-23 leaving the way at one of high-speed rights at the end of the lap.

A report from the Italian version of Motorsport.com Has revealed that the incident actually happened at Swing 12, the long, twisted right -hander prior to the high -speed section.

Despite the relatively low speeds, it is said that the crash caused significant damage to the front of the car with hours of repair work that had not been completed until daylight had disappeared in Barcelona.

This meant that Leclerc, who was ready for his seventh all season, such as Ferrari driver who had joined Scuderia in early 2019, was prevented from taking on the field at all on Wednesday.

The report adds that Ferrari has decided against changing their schedule for the last day of driving on the Spanish Grand Prix site.

As planned, Hamilton and Leclerc will make way on Thursday for the reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi and junior star Dino Drintovic, the 21-year-old Swedish, who is set to test an F1 car for the first time.

Ferrari hopes they will be able to compensate for their lack of running over the next week, with F1’s revised TPC (test of previous car) rules for 2025, giving drivers competing in the World Cup four separate test days.

It is speculated that Ferrari could remain in Barcelona after next week’s Pirelli Tire test to complete this week’s race schedule.

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Hamilton and Leclerc will be back in Spain on February 4-5 to help Pirelli’s development of the new tires in 2026.

This means that Hamilton gets a rare chance of driving Ferrari’s car in 2024 in anger, with only cars older than two years allowed to be used for standard TPC tests.

Ferrari has produced a modified version of last year’s SF-24 chassis aimed at simulating downforce and benefit levels expected of the new cars for F1 2026.

Pirelli’s test program from 2026 began on Paul Ricard on Wednesday, with Oscar Piastri ending 120 laps behind the wheel of McLaren’s car 2023.

Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris is expected to take over driving tasks today.

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