Lewis Hamilton suffered a fres⛎h setback in final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday morning when he suffered a brake disc failure on h🍨is Mercedes Formula 1 car.

Hamilton was already on the back foot at the Red Bull Rin🤪g after a gearbox change sparked a five-place grid drop for the race, only to then hit more trouble in FP3.

Heading into the heavy braking zone at Turn 3, Hamilton's front-right brake encountered a problem that madꦇe it exude plumes of black smoke and caused the Briton to go straight on at the corner.

Hamilton nursed his car back to the pits where 🐷Mercedes then conducted a full investigation into the problem, finding that his front-right brake disc had failed.

"It was a problem with the team side of the brake system for Lewis, i.e.💞 ꦜnot an issue with components supplied to us by a third party," a spokesperson from the team said.

"The resu♏lt was a disc failure but not caused by an issue with the disc.

"The ♛relevant part🤪s will be replaced for qualifying."

Due to his grid penalty, Hamilton can start no higher than si𝓰xth i♎n Austria, with qualifying set to start at 1pm BST.