Lewis Hamilt🦄on 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 leading FP1 for Mercedes in Montreal ahead 🍃of teammate Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton missed out on the chance to complete either a qualifying simulation or race runs through sec꧃ond pr🌜actice after hitting the wall exiting the Turn 8/9 chicane.

An ꦍinitial puncture w♔as followed by floor damage that prompted 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 fix it, 🧔but there 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 sessi🔜on from the garage. It feels like sitting in the he🀅admaster’s office, wishing to be back in class.

"It was an innocent mistake, I was doi♌ng 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 things happen; you just hav🐟e to put it behind straight away you and get back on the horse. Luckily Valtteri had a good session today, so there’ll💛 be a lot of analysis from that.

"The boys will do a great job fixing the car tonight and we’ll come back ready f❀or a better day tomorrow."

Bottas was able to finish FP2 in third place for Mercedes behind Fꦿerrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, leaving the Finn ant𝓀icipating a🌃 tight tussle with the duo on Saturday.

"Th🏅e car feels strong, but we have some work to do on the balance. The car became more difficult to drive with the changes we made 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5最新开奖结果: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 tomorrow.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ"But I like this trꦍack and I’m confident, so I’m looking forward to qualifying."