Canadian Grand Prix crash 'not the end of the world'

Lewis Hamilton said the Canadian Grand Prix track was like "sheet ice", as he crashed in Friday's second practice.

The Formula One drivers' championship leader set the quickest time in each of the sessions at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, but spun into a tyre wall on turn 10 - suffering damage to his front wing.

The Briton said while Mercedes' decision to send his car back out on intermediate tyres on a weather-affected track "maybe wasn't the right call", he added the incident was not a significant setback.

"The ending might have been so-so but it's generally been a pretty good day," Hamilton said.

"I made a couple of mistakes - pushing too hard and going over the kerbs at the final chicane and then what happened at the end there.

"Looking at the replays, I wasn't going that fast.

"But it was like sheet ice into turn 10 so the car aquaplaned and I went off.

"It maybe wasn't the right call to go out but, with the weather as it eventually turned out, it didn't affect our running.

"I'm fine and it looks like it's just the front wing that was damaged too, it's not the end of the world.

"In the dry, the car is feeling really good here and our long run pace was encouraging.

"Ferrari look like they've upped their pace so it will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow - but I'm sure we'll still be strong.

"It's great to be back in Montreal and I'm feeling good for the weekend."

Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who was second- and fourth-quickest in the two sessions, said he felt Ferrari had enough pace to threaten the constructors' championship pace-setters in North America.

"For me, it was a decent day. We got some practice in for qualifying and the race and that all went well," Rosberg said.

"At the end of session two, we went out again to practice some starts in the heavy rain. But the conditions were really tough out there.

"I don't know exactly where we are with our speed but for sure Ferrari seems to be a threat. They were very quick today."

Ferrari pair Sebastien Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were second- and third-quickest in practice two, 0.316 and 0.322 seconds slower respectively than Hamilton's day-best one minute, 15.988secs.