Lewis Hamilton sent ‘flying' after hitting huge bump as Ferrari involved in scary Monaco Grand Prix incidents
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LEWIS HAMILTON was seen on a flying lap, literally, as he went airborne after driving over a kerb at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion enjoyed his best race result of the season in Imola after an impressive drive through the field.
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Lewis Hamilton had scary incident at the Monaco Grand Prix
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He was forced to take evasive action to avoid a crash
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The move sent him flying into the air as he went over the kerb
However, the challenge of Monaco's narrow street track posed some very different issues for the Scuderia as they endured a horror FP1.
As the 40-year-old zoomed into the iconic "piscine" section of the track, he was forced to take evasive action as traffic ahead of him almost caused catastrophe.
The Brit was forced to steer to the left to avoid a massive collision.
This saw him drive straight over the kerb of the chicane, which then sent him flying into the air.
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Hamilton then miraculously managed to avoid his car crashing into the barriers but not before his car scraped along the floor.
Reacting on the team radio, he said: "Ah f*** mate, so much traffic.
"I have to box mate, I've just gone completely over the kerb mate."
Hamilton ended the session in P9, clocking a fastest lap time of 1:12.690 from 30 laps of the circuit.
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Team-mate Charles Leclerc topped the session in his home race with a time of 1:11.964.
But that was not before he suffered a nightmare start that saw him go off track.
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Soon after he was involved in a red flag incident as he lost the left half of his front wing after a collision with Lance Stroll.
The Aston Martin driver had let one driver go heading into the famous hairpin turn, before veering right on to the racing line where Leclerc was racing along.
The move saw Leclerc crash into the back of Stroll, who said he did not hear his team's radio call that the Monegasque was coming down.
Stroll was handed a one place grid penalty for the incident by the FIA, who additionally slapped his super licence with a penalty point.
Ahead of the weekend, Hamilton had said he was "buzzing" to race around Monaco in a Ferrari.
He said: "It's a much different track… Ferrari have generally gone well here [in the past] but as you know, Qualifying is everything and we've struggled so far this year, so we'll see.
"I've never driven this car at this track, so that will be new for me, it's a new characteristic to what I've experienced in the past.
"But it's exciting to drive for the first time a Ferrari around these streets of Monte Carlo."
Hamilton is currently P6 in the World Drivers Championship standings, nine points behind team-mate Leclerc.
McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are one and two in the rankings with Red Bull's Max Verstappen close behind.
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Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc also had a horror start to the session after a crash at the Monaco hairpin
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