When news emerged on Wednesday that Lewis Hamilton had crashed the 2023 Ferrari car in a private test in Barcelona, the natural response was that his acclimatisation in scarlet red wasn’t quite going according to plan.

Ferrari have made a 'surprise' decision ahead of their final day of testing in Barcelona after Lewis Hamilton suffered a crash, it has been reported.

The incident happened during a three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the team’s 2023 F1 car.

Ferrari’s rollout of Lewis Hamilton has hit its first bump in the road. According to multiple reports Hamilton crashed during testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, home of the Spanish Grand Prix and site of three days of pre-season testing for Ferrari ahead of the 2025 campaign.

Lewis Hamilton crashed on the second day of testing a 2023 Ferrari Formula One car at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday. The seven-times world champion, who had a first test run with his new team at their Fiorano track last week and is still adapting to his new surroundings after leaving Mercedes,

It was this kind of wonder that Hamilton, a seven-time world champion who has seen and won it all in Formula One, sought when he decided to move to Ferrari. For all the success he enjoyed with Mercedes, nothing could match the history and the magic of F1 ’s most iconic team.

Lewis Hamilton crashed during the second day of Ferrari's private test at the Circuit de Cataunya on Wednesday, a source has told ESPN.

The seven-time F1 world champion was driving the 2023 Ferrari F1 car in a behind-closed-doors test when he lost control in the final section of the Barcelona circuit

Ferrari are not at all concerned about Lewis Hamilton’s test crash having declared it is “perfectly normal” as he learns the limits of the Ferrari F1 cars. Hamilton’s immersion programme with his new team continued at the Circuit de Catalunya this week with the Briton once again behind the wheel of a 2023 SF-23.