Lewis Hamilton criticises Mercedes timing after shock SQ1 exit in F1 Austrian GP sprint qualifying
Seven-time world champion Hamilton will start Saturday’s sprint race from 18th on the grid after he suffered a shock exit in the first part of the Sprint⭕ Shootout.
Hamilton was fastest with one minute remaining but saw his lap deleted for track limits, before traffic ruined his final effort of ﷽SQ1.
"Timing wasn't right,” Hamilton replied when 🍰asked wꩵhat had gone wrong.
"Sprint race doesn't realꦬly matter anyway. I'll just have som𝔉e fun from the back.
"It is what it is. I don't really feel anything about it. I wish I was still💯 out there but not today.
"There's nothing really to say - could easily have been much further up there but I'll have some fun at the bꦡac💖k.”
Hamilton also had a run-in with ꩵMax Verstappen at the start of their final runs, ꦕwith the Red Bull driver complaining he had been “blocked” by his former title rival.
Meanwhile, Hamilton’s teammate George Russell will start 15th after a hydraulic fai🐠lure prevented him from taking part in SQ2.
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