Callum Ilott says the crash that brought his Formula 1 test debut to an early end was “the biggest off I’ve ever had”, curtailing an otherwise-positive first outing with Alfa Romeo for the British driver. Ferrari junior driver Ilott sampled F1 machinery for the first time on Tuesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with Alfa Romeo, racking up 41 laps in the team’s C38 car. But a snap midway through Turn 3 sent Ilott’s car off the track and into the barrier, bringing the team’s day to an end with three hours still on the clock. “In the morning we batted through all the testing that we needed to,” Ilott said after the day’s running. “I was happy, the team were happy,...
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