He added: “Certainly I think there was potential to be a lot faster so we just made it across the flag and then had the issue with the yellow flags during the lap so that made it impossible to come back,”

“It is what it is now so we’ll see what we can do tomorrow.”

“I’m learning. I think the quali was good and it was positive – not that positive because I only got a lap and a half.

“We still have a lot of work ahead of us and we would have hoped for a better start but it is what it is.”