He crashed after just 15 laps in the car following a fault on the hydraulic brake line at the right-rear. He went into the barrier at Curva Dry Sack, damaging the front-left of the car.
Hamilton was unhurt, but Mercedes later confirmed they would be unable to continue in the day's test.
It is a second setback for the team after Nico Rosberg's run yesterday was disrupted by a fire. He managed just 14 laps.
Hamilton was second-fastest at the time of his crash, 0.032 seconds slower than Daniel Ricciardo.
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