Lewis Hamilton criticises Mercedes timing after shock SQ1 exit in F1 Austrian GP sprint qualifying
Seven-time world champion Hamilton will s♏tart Saturday’s sprint race from 18th on the grid after he suffered a shock exit in the first part of the S💧print Shootout.
Hamilton was fastest with one minute remaining but saw🃏 his lap deleted for track limits, before traffi𓆏c ruined his final effort of SQ1.
"Timing wasn't right,” Haꦑmilton replied when asked what had gone wrong.
"Sprint race doesn't really matter anyway. I'll just have some fun froꦍm the back.
"It is what it is. I don't really feel anything about it. I wi𓄧sh 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 fuܫn at the back.”
Hamilton also had a run-in with Max Verstappen at the start of their final runs, w♔ith 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 fail💎ure prevented him from taking part in SQ2.
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