Romain Grosjean was left perplexed as to what caused his big crash during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.
In his attempts to control a slide through the first sector at Suzuka, Grosjean lost the rear of his Haas Formula One car on the run to Dunlop curve and was pitched into a hefty impact with the barriers. The incident caused significant damage to his car and brought out the red flags with just over a minute of Q1 remaining.
As a result, Grosjean ended the session 16th and was knocked out of qualifying. The Frenchman said he could not understand why he had struggled with handling on his second run, after feeling his team had made a significant step forward in performance between final practice and qualifying.