Hamilton had been on course to finish second comfo🌌rtably at the Red Bull Ring, running four sec🦄onds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.

The seven-time champi๊on’s pace started to drop midway through and he was quickl﷽y reeled in by Bottas.

On🐼 Lap 52, Bottas was told Hamilton would l🐓et him through for position.

A lap later, Hamilton surrendered the position to Norris, before making a 🎶second pit stop as he struggled with the rear of his car.

Reflecting on his race, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1: “I already said before the race that it will be very hard to beat Max, of course. Frustrating to lose so much downforce on the rear of the car and not be able to hold onto🦄 second place. A lot of points lost today.

“I wasn’t going over the kerbs anymore than anyone else so I have no idea where it happened. There w൲as a lot of dam𝄹age.”

Hamilton trails Max Verstappen 32 points in🌱 the drivers’ championship following the Du✱tchman’s dominant victory in Austria.

With the British Grand Prix next up, Hamilton conceded that Mercedes has “a lot 𒐪of work to do.”

“We ar൲e miles away from them,” Hamilton added. “We’ve got a lot of work to do. We need al🍸l hands on deck, which I already know they are and they’ve brought a lot of upgrades clearly over these past few races and we’ve not brought any.

“We’ve got 💎to bring some, find as much performance as possible otherwise this 🌼will be the result most often.”

Mercedes confirmed on Twitter that Hamilton's pace suffered after suffering kerb damꦦage from Turn 10.