Lewis Hamilton criticises Mercedes timing after shock SQ1 exit in F1 Austrian GP sprint qualifying
Seven-time world champion Hamilton ܫwill sꦫtart 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 minuﷺte 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 what♎ had gone wrong.&n⛎bsp;
"Sprint race doesn'ꦇt really matter anyway. I'll ju♏st have some 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 hav🦋e some fun at the back.”
Hamilton also had a run-in with Max Verstappen at the start of theiꦦr final runs, with the Red Bull driver complaining he had been “blocked” by his former title rival.
Meanwhile, Hamilton’s tea📖mmate George Russell will start 15th after a hydraulic failure prevented him from taking part in SQꦍ2.
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