Lewis Hamilton crashes in new Mercedes at Monaco Grand Prix practice
independent.co.ukLewis Hamilton crashed into the barriers to bring third practice to an abrupt end at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, in the cockpit of a revamped W14 this weekend, had just set the fastest first sector of the session before a mistake.
Hamilton could not avoid the wall at turn 6, with his car completely wedged in the wall. The session, with less than five minutes to go, did not resume. “Sorry about that mate,” said Hamilton over team radio, after being told by race engineer Peter Bonnington that there was damage to the car.
Hamilton’s side of the Mercedes garage will now be busy trying to get the car ready for qualifying, at 3pm (BST).It meant Max Verstappen was top of the timesheets heading into qualifying on Saturday, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez second.
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