It was the British driver's 106th grand prix win, but just his first with Ferrari, a team he joined in 2025.The win was looked at as a bit of a comeback story, but most thought Hamilton was just coming back from a lousy 2025 season for him and Ferrari.ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.DOWNLOAD NOW!Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton revealed that he suffered a serious neck injury during a test session last year.
(Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images)It turns out, it was actually a return from quite a bit more.Back in early 2025, Hamilton took part in a private preseason test with Ferrari and crashed during it.The crash was reported at the time, but the severity wasn't known until this week.OUTKICK SPORTS CARTOON OF THE DAY: THE LATEST ATTACK ON CAITLIN CLARKThe crash — which occurred, ironically, at the same Barcelona circuit Hamilton won at two weeks ago — left him with a pretty serious neck injury."I hit the wall very hard last year in testing," Hamilton said, per The Athletic.
"Knocked out one of the discs in my neck, which was into the nerve.So, I couldn’t do a lot for like nine weeks."Lewis Hamilton won his first race with Ferrari at this year's Spanish Grand Prix.
(Photo by Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Hamilton said that during that time, he had daily chiropractic appointments and struggled with sleeping."I had painkillers, I had to get an injection," he said."I did everything I could to try to fix it."What's wild is that Hamilton took part in preseason testing and a couple of races in those nine weeks with the bad neck.Formula 1 drivers train their necks to withstand the extreme G-forces they deal with during races, so imagine having to get through those with an injury like that.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPFerrari's Lewis Hamilton will be looking to follow up his big win in Spain with a solid performance in Austria.
(Photo by Marcel van Dorst/EYE4IMAGES/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Hamilton will be looking to fo...