Hamilton recovered to finish 10th from starting 18th on the grid in t⭕he shorter, 24-lap race on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring.

The seven-time world champion was knocked out early in SQ1 after an incident with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

Hamilton was backing o🎃ff before starting his flying lap, while Verstappen was finishing his hot lap.

With Hamilton driving relatively slowly down the start-finish straight, Ver💫stappen was able to overtake him into Turn 1, ruining his next lap.

It left Hamilton with a lot of work to do in the sprint, with a plethora of ba⛄ttles🦂 in the midfield.

After showing good pace earlier in the weekend, Hamilton thought he🎐 would have “easil𒆙y” qualified inside the top five had the sprint shootout gone more smoothly.

“I don’t know. I tꦅhink I was relatively qu🌜ick this morning,” he said. “Should have easily been in the top five [in the sprint shootout] and in the race today, I probably would have been on the podium or close to the podium with the general pace that we had. 

“It wasn’t meant to be so we just enjoyed ourselves in the race. Lost a few points but it’s not the most important day today. We’ve got a lot learning, so hopeful🍒ly we can take that into tomorrow.”

The good news for Hamilton is that he’s set to start the main grand prix on Sunday from fi⛄fth on the grid.

Assessing his prospects of a good result, he said: “I mean I am around 🎃the Ferraris which are quick and the Red Bull which is in its own league. 

“If I can try and💃 hold onto the Ferraris it will be great but 🍬we will see.”