Seven-time world champion Hamilton will start Saturday’s sprint race from 18th on the grid after he suff𒉰ered a shock exit in the first part of the Sprint Shootout. 

Hamilton was fastest with one minute remaining but💦 saw his lap deleted for track limits, before traffic ruined his final effort of SQ1. 

"Timing wasn't right🐎,” Hamilton replied wh🃏en asked what had gone wrong. 

"Sprint ra♛ce doesn't really matter anyway. I'll just have some fꦗun from the back.

"It is what it🌱 is. I don't really feel anything about it. I wish 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 fun at the back.”

Hamilton also had a run-in with Max Verstappen at the start of their final runs, with th🐎e Red Bull driver complaining he had been “blocked” by his former title rival. 

Meanwhile, Hamilton’s teammate George Russe෴ll will start 15th after a hydraulic failure prꦡevented him from taking part in SQ2.