Hamilton could only finish seventh in the 17-lap sprint race in Azerbaijan - one positi♊on lower than where he started. 

The seven-time world champion lost out when battling 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz following the Safety Car period.

This allowed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso to get throu🉐gh as Hamilton was off the racing line at Turn 1, dropping to sev🐻enth.

The good news for Hamilton is that he will start the main 🔜race on Sunday from fifth, ahead of Alonso.

“I💧t wasn't ideal losing the position to Alonso,” Hamilton said. “It's never great going backwards but that's motor racing sometimes. 

“I didn't have the pace of the cars ahead of me, but I know why that is now, from having the Sprint. It's a good indicator of what the problem is in terms of setup, so we'll look int🌄o it and hopefully make some improvements tomorrow. 

“It's going to be tough, but anything🅘 can happen.”

💟F1 intr🔯oduced a revised sprint race format for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with the addition of a second qualifying session.

The second qualifying session on Saturday morning determined the grid for the sp🌳rint meaning it’s entirely separate from conventional qualifying (on Friday during a sprintꦿ weekend) and the main grand prix (on a Sunday).

Giving his opinion on it, Hamilton enjoyed the additiona𒊎l qualܫifying session on Saturday morning.

“I like that we're trying something new with this format,” Hamilton said. “The ext🉐ra qualifying session was fun. 

“The sprint race was less e𝄹xciting but 🎶that's probably because I was struggling.”