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Hamilton crashes Mercedes after 15 laps, rear brakes at fault

Posted on February 6, 2013

The troubled start to Mercedes’ testing season continued on Day 2 in Jerez, as new recruit Lewis Hamilton crashed in the F1W04 after just 15 laps in the car in the morning session, due to a brake problem. The team was unable to get the car back out on track before the end of the day. Mercedes issued a Tweet saying, “Lewis suffered a loss of rear brake pressure, the front brakes enabled him to slow the car but he couldn’t avoid the barrier. We have traced the problem to the hydraulic brake line connecting to the right-rear calliper.” This More…

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F1 2013 Championship Race Calendar

Race Calendar
March 17, Australia
March 24, Malaysia
April 14, China
April 21, Bahrain
May 12, Spain
May 26, Monaco
June 9, Canada
June 30, Britain
July 7, Germany
July 28, Hungary
August 25, Belgium
September 8, Italy
September 22, Singapore
October 6, Korea
October 13, Japan
October 27, India
November 3, Abu Dhabi
November 17, United States
November 24, Brazil

F1 2013 Championship Standings

Spanish Grand Prix
1
  Fernando Alonso
2
  Kimi Räikkönen
3
  Felipe Massa
4
  Sebastian Vettel
5
  Mark Webber
6
  Nico Rosberg
7
  Paul di Resta
8
  Jenson Button
9
  Sergio Perez
10
  Daniel Ricciardo
Driver Standings
1
  Sebastian Vettel
89
2
  Kimi Räikkönen
85
3
  Fernando Alonso
72
4
  Lewis Hamilton
50
5
  Felipe Massa
45
6
  Mark Webber
42
7
  Romain Grosjean
26
8
  Paul di Resta
26
9
  Nico Rosberg
22
10
  Jenson Button
17
11
  Sergio Perez
12
12
  Daniel Ricciardo
7
13
  Adrian Sutil
6
14
  Nico Hulkenberg
5
15
  Jean-Eric Vergne
1
16
  Esteban Gutierrez
0
17
  Valtteri Bottas
0
18
  Pastor Maldonado
0
19
  Jules Bianchi
0
20
  Charles Pic
0
21
  Giedo van der Garde
0
22
  Max Chilton
0
Team Standings
1
Red Bull
131
2
Ferrari
117
3
Lotus
111
4
Mercedes
72
5
Force India
32
6
McLaren
29
7
Toro Rosso
8
8
Sauber
5
9
Williams
0
10
Marussia
0
11
Caterham
0

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