Lewis Hamilton suffered a fresh setback in final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday morning when he suffered a brake disc failur🔯e on ൲his Mercedes Formula 1 car.

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

Heading into the heavy braking zone at Turn 3, Hamilton's 𒁏front-right b♒rake encountered a problem that made 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 investig💙ation 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 Lew🐎is, i.e. not an issue with components supplied to us by a third party," a spokesperson fr💟om the team said.

"The result was a ⛄disc failure but not caused by an issue with the disc.

"The rel🔯eva🐲nt parts will be replaced for qualifying."

Due to his grid penalty, Hamilton can start no higher than sixth in Austria, withಞ qualifying set to start at 1pm BST.