Mercedes Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives his W05 during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes, world champion Sebastian Vettel failed to complete a timed lap and McLaren's car stayed in the garage as Formula One's new turbo era endured a difficult, and strangely quiet, birth on Tuesday.
Twin black streaks of scorched tyre rubber marked the asphalt at the end of the Jerez pit straight where Hamilton locked up and careered into the tyre wall after a front wing failure on the first day of pre-season testing.
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