Lewis Hamilton says he wanted to 🐈start on the medium Formula 1 tyre f♚or the Eifel Grand Prix.

Hamilton set his initial Q2 time on the more durable medium compound, but both Mercedes switched to the soft tyres to ensure they progressed into the 💦pole position shootout.

Hamilton ♎revealed he wanted to s🌠tart on the mediums but Mercedes overruled the decision.

"I could have got through on that tyre," Hamilt♍on said. "I wanted to start on it, just because I always like to do something different, but the team chose for us to both be on the same tyre.

"We'll see whethe🦂r it was the right choice tomorrow. I'm sure it was the right choice. The other one would have been a little bi🍸t harder."

Hami🍰lton held the advantage over teammate Valtteri Bottas in Q2, ending it 0.5s ahead of the Finn but ultimately was beaten to pole position by just over 0.2s.

The champions🍃hip leader admits the balance of his Mercedes didn’t feel as good in Q3 as it did in Q2.

"I'll have to go back [and review the data], but definitely Q2 felt good, and when I got to Q3,ജ it just didn't feel good, either run, so just ওthe grip didn't feel the same," Hamilton added.

While Hamilton wasn’t sure the medium tyre🉐 was the way to go, Bottas is happy to be starting the race on the soft after struggling to m🧜ake the more durable compound work.

"When we h❀ad it, it was a pretty green track, so it was hard to get a proper read of the tyre, how it's behaving," Bottas said. "For me, that run was quite poor. I couldn't get enough temperature from the out lap on the tyres. I'm happy to be on the soft."