LEWIS IN FAST LANE

LEWIS HAMILTON can expect a faster car when the season finally starts in Austria next month.

TheW11 unveiled in February has yet to race but Mercedes believe significant improvements are in the pipeline.

“There was the whole of January, February,

March all making the car quicker in the wind tunnel,” said technical director James Allison.

❑ ALEX ZANARDI, 53, who lost both his legs in a crash during a CART race in 2001, is in hospital after a serious handbike accident in Italy.