the Chinese racer suffering a snap through Turn 5 and whacking the wall on his left.
Willow Springs has hosted various forms of motor racing since it first opened in 1953.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff told Sky F1: “On one side there was brilliance in the race.
And I the team is in a good position where there’s pretty good hope for the future for this team.
”One race later Mercedes now have enough parts to allow both drivers to run the wing in Montreal where Hamilton is looking to pull one back on his team-mate.