Thursday's F1 news includes the suspected cause behind Lewis Hamilton's test crash and Ferrari's reaction to the Barcelona setback.

Ferrari have confirmed that their 2025 F1 car will be called the SF-25, in line with their last two Scuderia challengers. Lewis Hamilton will debut in scarlet red this year and is set to drive the SF-25 for the first time at the official three-day pre-season test in Bahrain from 26-28 February.

While both Charles Leclerc and Hamilton put in a solid first day of work on Tuesday, according to reports from Italian media Hamilton crashed in the final sector of the circuit and hit the barriers. That sector was reconfigured ahead of the 2023 season,

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

Toto Wolff has labelled Lewis Hamilton’s unveiling at Ferrari last week as “iconic” as the Mercedes boss looks ahead to life without the seven-time F1 world champion. After six drivers’ world championships in 12 years,

Taking to social media after the reported accident, F1 journalist Scott Mitchell-Malm wrote: "Lewis Hamilton crashed during Ferrari’s private test with its 2023 #F1 car at Barcelona. Made contact with the barriers and caused damage that can be repaired today.

Lewis Hamilton has waved to a crowd of waiting fans as he drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time since joining the Italian team for the 2025 season.

It seems as though Lewis Hamilton might still be figuring out his footing at Ferrari's testing days. At least, based on the fact that the seven-time Formula 1 champion crashed during his second test day with the team, while testing in Spain.

Lewis Hamilton is continuing his preparations for the Formula 1 season by testing for his new Ferrari team at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week.