Hamilton could only finish seventh in the 17-lap sprint race in Azerbaijan - one position lowꦓer th꧒an where he started. 

The seven-time world champion lost out when battling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz following the Safety Car period.

This allowed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso to get through🌱 as Hamilton was off the racing line at Turn 1, dropping to seventh.

The good news for Ham♔ilton is that ಌhe will start the main race on Sunday from fifth, ahead of Alonso.

“It wasn't ideal losing the position to Alonso,” Hamilton said. “It's never great goin🐓g backwards but that's motor racing sometimes. 

“I diꦚdn't have the pace of the cars ahead of me, but I know why that is now, from having the Sprint. It's a good indicator of what the problem is in terms of setup, so we'll look into it and hopefully make some imp൲rovements tomorrow. 

“It's going 🐎to be tough, but anything can happen.”

F1 introduced a revised sprint race format for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with th🎃e addition 🤪of a second qualifying session.

The second qualifying session on Saturday morning determined the grid for ܫthe sprint meaning it’s entirely separate from conventional qualifying (on Friday during a sprint weekend) and the main grand prix (on a Sunday).

Giving his opinion on it, Hamilton enjoyed the additiona𝔉l qualifying s🍌ession on Saturday morning.

“I like that we're trying something new with this format,” Hamilton said. “The extra qualifyin🀅g session was fun. 

“The sprint race was less exciting but that's probably because▨ I was struggling.”