With just 18 full laps of driving, out of which at least six were on full attack mode, the front wing on the all-new W05 car failed just at the end of the long straight at Jerez, causing the Brit to lose control of the car's braking power and crash into the tire wall at Turn One.
Thankfully, Lewis emerged unharmed from the car after the accident, with the team set to investigate the actual cause for the technical failure in the upcoming hours.
While Mercedes-AMG engineers were mighty fast in covering the car almost immediately after the crash, resulting in very few photos of the aftermath, it seems that at least two cameras where in the right place and filmed the actual impact.
Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project. Full profile
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