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Isack Hadjar brought Red Bull’s second day of running at Formula 1’s Barcelona test to an early end with a crash into the barriers at the final corner late on Tuesday.
On a day blighted by rain that hit the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona from the morning, Hadjar had taken over from Max Verstappen in the afternoon to gain some wet-weather experience.
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But with around 30 minutes of the day’s session left, Hadjar lost control of his RB22 at the final corner – although it is not known if this was because of driver error or caused by a car problem.
However, the end result was he skipped across the gravel trap and ended up against the tyre barriers on the outside.
According to eyewitnesses, Hadjar’s car sustained some damage in the incident – which will likely make it difficult for him to resume running before the 6pm (local) chequered flag.
It is reported to have ended up backwards and lost the rear wing in the shunt.
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Bandera roja por accidente de Hadjar en la última curva. pic.twitter.com/L0X4J3LHFL
It is not clear how many spare parts Red Bull has available in terms of replacements for anything broken, and whether or not it will be able to resume on Wednesday.
However, being the only team to have tested over the first two days, Red Bull now has a choice of when it wants to complete the final day of running that it is allowed before Friday. Each team can run a maximum of three of the five days of testing.
That could give it some breathing space to get any spares flown over from the UK to get back in action.
Hadjar had topped the opening day of testing on Monday as Red Bull had a strong start with the first car that it has designed with its own engine, alongside Ford.
However, Hadjar only got to run in the wet on Tuesday with team-mate Max Verstappen getting dry laps done early on.
Verstappen himself had triggered the first red flag of the day when he briefly went off into the gravel at Turn 5 on his out lap.
The only other team running on Tuesday was Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc out in the morning before handing the car over to Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon.
Day 2 laptime latest
1 Max Verstappen 1m19.578s (27 laps)
2 Charles Leclerc 1m20.844s (66 laps)
3 Isack Hadjar 1m31.891s (51 laps)
4 Lewis Hamilton 1m32.872s (57 laps)
