Lewis Hamilton was in an upbeat mood after sampling Mercedes’ new F1 W05, despite his first day of running in Jerez being cut short by a front wing failure. The British driver had completed the most laps of any driver on Tuesday when he was pitched into the barriers, badly damaging the front end of the new car and bringing his day to an early end. Despite the setback, Hamilton could see only positives.“For me it's an incredibly positive start to be the first car out on track and completing a good number of laps,” he said. “Other teams have been going out for single-lap runs, starting a few hours after we had first hit the track, so to have started running through...
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