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Wolff and Nasr collide at Barcelona

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Susie Wolff and Felipe Nasr both heavily damaged their cars in a crash during the first day of the second test at Barcelona.

Early in the afternoon session, Wolff was on an out lap in the Williams when being overtaken by Nasr on the run to Turn 5. The two collided with Wolff's front left making contact with Nasr's right rear, bringing out the red flags at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Nasr ended up reaching the barrier on the outside of Turn 5 with a heavily damaged rear of the car, while Wolff stopped in the gravel with a broken front left suspension.

While both drivers declared their innocence - Williams claiming Nasr moved back towards the racing line before he was clear of Wolff's car - the teams got to work repairing the cars to try and get them back out before the end of the session.

Wolff had completed 83 laps at the time of the incident while Nasr had managed 68.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.