The reason behind Lewis Hamilton 's first Ferrari crash has been revealed, after a less than perfect first track day away from Maranello. The seven-time world champion completed his move to the Scuderia over the winter, and has been getting accustomed to the team's 2023 car before he's finally allowed to step into the 2025 edition.

Lewis Hamilton, seven-time world champion, had his test day interrupted at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain after the Briton crashed the 2023 model of the Ferrari, causing damage to the car's suspension.

Ferrari have confirmed that their 2025 F1 car will be called the SF-25, in line with their last two Scuderia challengers. Lewis Hamilton will debut in scarlet red this year and is set to drive the SF-25 for the first time at the official three-day pre-season test in Bahrain from 26-28 February.

This week's test in Barcelona was behind closed doors, meaning that footage of Hamilton's time on track hasn't been released. That means that nobody knows exactly how he crashed the Ferrari at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, only that he did.

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

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.

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