Car snapped away from me

Takuma Sato has explained his crash in Q1 in Bahrain, which brought out the session to a temporary halt for five minutes.

Trying to get a decent grid slot for Sunday's race, Sato touched the kerb on the outside of the track, which put his car into a spin.

The spin carried him across the track and into the barriers, which he rear-ended before stopping a few metres away.

And although the accident wasn't major one and debris hadn't been left on the track the session was still temporarily stopped as the marshals cleared away Sato's car.

"During qualifying my first run was a little bit slippery, but reasonable. I was much happier during my second run with the grip and I had a good feeling until the very last corner," the Japanese driver explained.

"Then I was touching on the outside kerb and the car ran wide and snapped quickly away from me. It is very disappointing that I could not complete qualifying, but hopefully we will show strong pace for the race tomorrow."