Grosjean on top as Hamilton crashes

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has continued his strong early form, topping Day 2 in pre-season Formula 1 testing at Jerez.

After finishing third on Day 1, the Frenchman was on top on Day 2, 0.8s faster than Jenson Button’s time yesterday.

While Grosjean impressed, the day is likely to be remembered for Lewis Hamilton’s first outing a Mercedes … and the crash that came with it.

On his 16th lap with his new team, Hamilton suffered rear brake failure and collected the the tyre wall.

Hamilton emerged unscathed, but the car did not complete anymore track running on the day.

See below for vision of the incident.

Force India’s Paul di Resta placed second ahead of the Australian pair of Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber in their Toro Rosso and Red Bull entries respectively.

Luiz Razia finished last for the day after being announced as Marussia’s newest recruit for the 2013 season.

Day 2, pre-season F1 testing, Jerez

Pos	Driver	Team	Best Time	Laps
1	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1m 18.218s	95
2	Paul di Resta	Force India	1m 19.003s	95
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rossa	1m 19.134s	83
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1m 19.338s	101
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	1m 19.502s	99
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1m 19.519s	15
7	Sergio Perez	McLaren Mercedes	1m 19.572s	81
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m 19.914s	78
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1m 20.693s	71
10	James Rossiter	Force India	1m 21.273s	19
11	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	1m 21.311s	88
12	Luiz Razia	Marussia	1m 23.537s	31

See below for vision of Lewis Hamilton’s incident.