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.

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

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.