168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was left mystified by his pace drop-off in qualifying for the F1 Canadian Grand Prix while his Mercedes teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell claimed pole.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton topped final practice with a blistering 🍌lap and the Mercedes pair looked favourites to take pole, and possibly secure a rare front-row lockout in Montreal.

Russell did go on to snatch pole ahead of Red Bull’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen, but Hamilton could only manage se🦩ve🥀nth after his pace dramatically fell away in Q3. 

It marked the first time in Hamilton's career that he has not qual♚ified inside the top five in Canada. 

Hamilton was baffled by his drop-of✱f in performance, explaining the grip he had felt in his W15 earlier in the day just “vanished”.

"The car was feeling great all weekend and a♊s soon as we got to qualifying, that kind of vanished for me," Hamilton told Sky Sports F1.

"The grip just disappears for me. P3, I had plenty of pace in me, and then get to qualifyi🐼ng and the tyres꧑ won't work.

"Nothing had changed on the car.”

Hami🦩lton and Russell were boosted by further Mercedes upgr༺ades to the W15 this weekend, with both drivers praising the team’s step forward.

"Co𒁃ngratulations to George ✨for a great job. It's really great for the team,” Hamilton added.

"Obviously,🍌 everyone has worked so hard to bring upgrades back at the factory, so this will be a real huge boost for everyone back at the factory.”

Me🌸rcedes boss Toto Wolff was also at a loss to explain why Hamilton’s session had unraveled.

"It se🌸emed that Lewis was a♓ctually having the upper hand and both cars comfortably beating everyone," Wolff told Sky Sports F1.

"And then at the end, it got so tight, also for George, and ♚Lewis - the time didn't show up. We can't comprehend at the moment why it wasn't a little bit more in our🍒 favour."