Lewis Hamilton suffered a spin on the morning of Day 4 in Barcelona, with the moment caught on video.<\/p>\n
Back behind the wheel of the Ferrari SF-26, footage emerged on social media of Hamilton<\/a> getting in a spin at the exit of Turn 10, as an oncoming car slowed in caution as Hamilton recovered.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton in small spin on Barcelona Day 4<\/p>\n Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for news you can trust.<\/p>\n The fourth day of running in Barcelona is underway, as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plays host to the first, unofficial, running of F1 2026, giving drivers and their teams a first taste of on-track life with their new-look cars.<\/p>\n As the chassis and engine regulations have been heavily revised, there is a lot to learn, and teams are permitted to run during three of the five days at this Barcelona shakedown.<\/p>\n The media has been shut out from the shakedown, though updates have been dripping through via unofficial sources. A fresh example came on Thursday morning, when Hamilton was\u00a0 filmed having a spin.<\/p>\n The footage showed Hamilton losing the rear of his Ferrari SF-26 at the exit of Turn 10, completing a full 360 before slowly continuing on his way.<\/p>\n A spin rather slow in nature, the following car had ample time to back out.<\/p>\n With smaller, lighter cars introduced for F1 2026, powered by 50-50 electric and biofuel engines, such moments are to be expected as the drivers adjust to a very different formula to the one which they left behind in 2025.<\/p>\n More from the Barcelona shakedown via PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n Mercedes\u2019 ominous mileage claim as W17 runs \u2018faultlessly\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Is Barcelona testing blackout doing F1\u2019s engineering excellence a disservice?<\/a><\/p>\n Day 4 marks Ferrari\u2019s second day of permitted running in the shakedown. That means the team is also set to appear on the fifth and final day.<\/p>\n It is an event which has been largely trouble free for Ferrari thus far.<\/p>\n While no official live timing is available to the media, times and lap counts have been collated and vetted across multiple sources, to create unofficial figures.<\/p>\n Hamilton was said to have completed 53 laps during his Day 2 afternoon at the wheel of the SF-26, while teammate Charles Leclerc pumped in 65 during the morning.<\/p>\n It was after that run in the SF-26 that Hamilton declared Ferrari needs \u201cmore days like this\u201d, after what he called a \u201creally productive\u201d first outing in the Barcelona shakedown.<\/p>\n Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n