Kamui Kobayashi promised to do his "utmost" during Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix to make up for a mistake the previous day in qualifying that left his car in the wall. Sadly a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags put paid to a points finish and the Sauber driver ended the day in 14th place.

While his team-mate managed to come home in tenth place, picking up a point in the process, Kamui was left to lament what might have been.

"Our pace all weekend was actually okay, but in the race, due to traffic and a mistake with the strategy when the Safety Car was on the track, it didn’t work out. I was very surprised when I got the drive through penalty, because I didn’t see any blue flags."

After the race the team admitted their decision to bring Kobayashi in for a pit stop during the race's only safety car period was, in hindsight, a bad call.