Williams ends Day 2 running after Stroll incident

The Williams team has been forced to end its second day of testing at Barcelona early after its car was damaged in the morning.

Stroll's first day of testing in the Williams FW40 ended after just 12 laps due to damage incurred in a trip through a gravel trap.

Stroll suffered front wing damage in the incident, and the team did not have the parts to allow him to run again today.

The Canadian has thus in effect lost one of his four precious days of winter testing with the new car, following his acclimatisation programme with an old FW36.

"Lance was on lap six of his second run when he had a spin," said Williams' Rob Smedley. "The grip was particularly low, and so he spun and went through the gravel backwards.

"Even though the accident was entirely innocuous we've unfortunately had quite a bit of accident damage, which we're now in the process of repairing.

"We're having to send some composite parts back to the factory, which will be back with us at some point tomorrow.

"We're doing the utmost we can now to get back out on track at the earliest opportunity tomorrow. We will be able to recover the programme in the coming days."

Stroll added: "It is still early days and I have only done a handful of laps. I am just getting to grips with the FW40, and there is still a lot of time ahead of us. It was good to finally get behind the wheel to just get a feel for it.

"Like I said, it is still early days, so I need to do a lot more running before I know exactly where I am and where the car is at.

"I will have a much better picture once we have more laps under our belts, but it was good to break the ice and I am looking forward to some more running."