Hamilton admits to ‘pretty disastrous’ Sprint qualifying

Lewis Hamilton says he was never in the mix in Friday’s Austrian Grand Prix Sprint qualifying, labeling his session as “pretty disastrous”.

After a solid run in free practice that carried the promise of a good showing in the afternoon grid-defining session, Hamilton clocked in just P6 in SQ3.

The Briton’s best effort was almost six tenths down on poleman Max Verstappen and 0.216s behind Mercedes teammate George Russell who qualified fourth.

But several encounters with the...