The seven-time world champion ended up half a second adrift of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and was also slower than both Ferrari drivers and McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris as he took fifth in Friday qualifying in Austria.&n✱bs𒀰p;

Hamilton did manage to out-🅠qualify both Aston Martins but conceded Mercedes might only ha꧙ve the fourth-fastest car when it comes to Sunday’s grand prix. 

“It’s not P1 but I’ll take it and try and work with it,” a despondent Ha♐milton said. 

“I thi꧃nk our race pace was possibly around third fastest. I think the Red Bulls and Ferraris are quickest and maybe the Astons, so maybe we’re fourth. 

"I’m not quite sure exact🃏ly we were just trying to focus on getting round as quick as we could today. It was a very difficult session, not an easy circuit our 💜car in general in the past has not really suited this circuit and it showed it again today. 

“Real💖ly tough session, but ♏got through it, thank god.”

Hamilton acknowledged fifth was a strong plac🌼e to start from on Sunday and is eyeing a better showing in Saturday’s Sprint Shootout and Sprint race.

“We will see if we can do better in Sprint 🉐qualifying tomorrow, depending on the weat﷽her and temperatures,” he continued. 

“Fifth in🔴 the race on Sunday is strong position to start from, last year I was further back and it was a tough race so I’m hoping we can have a better race on Sunday.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted it was an underwhelming performance from his team, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell knocked out ﷽in Q2 and only 11th on the grid. 

“Overall underwhelming,” Wolff told Sky F1. “We came with expectations that 🐠we would be fighting for P2 or P3, with the Ferraris and Aston Martins, and we underperformed.

“But racing is only on Sunday so we will see.

“Y🌟ou see that the time gaps are not huge – you’re talk💦ing two tenths up and down and it makes a big difference. We are bringing something to Silverstone and hopefully it has the impact that McLaren and Ferrari had [with their upgrades] today.”