Send the jet: Quick trip to deliver spares allows billionaire’s teen son to crash again in F1 practice

Canadian teeenage rookie Lance Stroll kept a brave face and drew sympathy from triple world champion Lewis Hamilton after crashing his Williams in Formula One testing on Wednesday.

For the second day in a row, the 18-year-old gave his team an early finish.

He did just 12 laps on Tuesday before spinning into the gravel and damaging a new front wing that the team had no replacement for.

The broken one was sent back to the factory, fixed and brought back by private jet, and Stroll did 98 laps on Wednesday before putting the car in the tyre wall and giving the team another headache.

“There was an issue on the car and I was kind of a victim of the situation,” Stroll said long after nightfall at the Circuit de Catalunya following an extended debrief with engineers.

“We are still figuring it all out. What happened, happened and that’s it.”

The new crop of cars, with bigger tyres and more downforce, are harder to drive than last year’s and considerably faster through the corners, some of which can now be taken flat out.