Lewis Hamilton was left ruing an "innocent mistake" that saw him hit the wall in second🌳 practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday, bringing his day to an early end.

After leadi💖ng FP1 for Mercedes in Montreal ahead of teammate V♚altteri Bottas, Hamilton missed out on the chance to complete either a qualifying simulation or race runs through second practice after hitting the wall exiting t༒he Turn 8/9 chicane.

An initial pu𒁃ncture was followed by floor damage that promptꦺed the Mercedes mechanics to replace the rear of Hamilton's car, but they were unable to get the fix completed in time to get the Briton back out on-track before the end of the session.

"I made a mistake in FP2 and damaged the car. The boys tried really hard to fi𒀰x it, but th🐈ere wasn’t enough time," Hamilton said following the session.

"I don🐼’t remember the last time I missed a whole session before. It’s definitely not great to watch the session from the garage. It feels like sitting in the headmaster’s office, wishing to be back in class.

"It was an innocent mistake, I was doing multiple laps on the Medium tyre and was really trying to find the limit. Obviously I♎ went slightly over, I had a big snap out of Turn 9 and was drifting for a long time, hoping I wouldn’t hit the wall.

"But these thi🎃ngs happen; you just have to put it behind straight away you and get back on the horse. Luckily Valtteri had 𒐪a good session today, so there’ll be a lot of analysis from that.

"Th♎e boys will do a great job fixing the car tonight and we’ll come back ready for a better day tomorro♍w."

Bottas was able to finish FP2 in third place for Mer𒁃cedes behind Ferrari drivers Char🧸les Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, l🔥eaving the Finn anticipating a tight tussle with the duo on Saturday.

"The car feels strong, but we have some work to do on the balance. The car became more difficult to drive with the changes we mꦇade for FP2, but it also felt a little quicker, so we need to review if there’s anything we could have done better for FP2 and what we’re going to do for tomorrow," Bottas said.

"It’s nice to have a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:new engine with a bit more power; it’s not a huge difference, but you can feel it, and it’s a really good feeling. The car seemed strong on both long and short runs, but Ferrari was very quick on the straights, so I expect it to be a very close🧸 fight tomo🐷rrow.

"But I like this tra🍸ck and I’m confident, so I’m looking forward to qualifying🅠."