Ferrari’s ultimate day of working at Barcelona has progressed as regular after a crash for Lewis Hamilton interrupted its second day.
Hamilton went off and broken the SF-23 on Wednesday morning, with the automotive requiring repairs however not being so considerably broken that it prevented additional working. Charles Leclerc was capable of return to the observe afterward Wednesday, and Thursday’s ultimate day obtained underway as deliberate on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Ferrari is working a two-year-old automotive for each Hamilton and Leclerc over three days this week in Spain, permitting each drivers to rise up to hurry and construct up driving health through the low season. This system is seen as significantly essential to Hamilton following his swap from Mercedes, and whereas the incident on Wednesday was not superb it is usually seen as an indication of the seven-time world champion making an attempt to discover the boundaries of various equipment.
Groups are restricted to 1000km of testing of earlier automotive (TPC) working with their race drivers through the season, and Hamilton and Leclerc each shared the SF-23 at Fiorano final week forward of this three-day outing. At Fiorano the 2 drivers solely lined a mixed 131km, with Hamilton finishing 30 laps and Leclerc 14 in chilly situations.
The present take a look at in Barcelona will probably be adopted by a two-day Pirelli tire take a look at on the similar venue subsequent week for the Ferrari drivers, utilizing a mule automotive to assist the Italian producer develop its new product for the 2026 rules. McLaren is finishing up the same take a look at for Pirelli at current on the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France.
The drivers are then anticipated to shake down the 2025 automotive following its launch at Maranello on Feb. 19, per week earlier than the beginning of pre-season testing in Bahrain.
