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

New Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton is understood to have escaped uninjured from his huge testing crash in Barcelona on Tuesday. After the team’s traditional wake-up test took place at Fiorano a week ago,

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

Lewis Hamilton crashed on his third day of running for new team Ferrari. The seven-time world champion, whose unveiling outside the factory in Maranello last week triggered a “frenzy” in Italy, was able to walk away unhurt after hitting the barriers at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

With Lewis Hamilton ticking off an unwanted ‘first’ by crashing his Ferrari on Wednesday, the incident actually portends good omens for the seven-time F1 World Champion. Hamilton brought Ferrari’s running at a Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) outing to a premature end on Wednesday,

Taking to social media after the reported accident, F1 journalist Scott Mitchell-Malm wrote: "Lewis Hamilton crashed during Ferrari’s private test with its 2023 #F1 car at Barcelona. Made contact with the barriers and caused damage that can be repaired today.

Lewis Hamilton crashed on the second day of testing a 2023 Ferrari Formula One car at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday.

Lewis Hamilton is testing in Barcelona this week as Ferrari give their new seven-time champion racer as much time as possible to prepare for the start of the new Formula 1 season

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