Sir Lewis Hamilton has spoken out for the first time after he crashed during a pre-season test which caused ‘significant damage’ to his Ferrari. The seven-time Formula 1 champion’s Ferrari career began last week and he has been testing some of their older cars in order to get acclimatised with his new team.

Ferrari sent a composites specialist to Barcelona in the immediate aftermath of Lewis Hamilton’s test crash earlier this week, it has been claimed. Having staged their traditional January ‘wake-up test’ at Fiorano last week,

Lewis Hamilton crashed out on his second day of testing for Ferrari, with his session then cancelled, but the Scuderia are said to be unconcerned by the incident