Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Alexander Albon says he got a “bit greedy” in his costly FP3 crash that prevented him from taking part in Chinese Grand P꧋rix qualifying.

Albon ran wide at the exi൩t of the final corner in Shanghai and lost control of his car, before slamming into the barriers on the right-hand side. The impact severely damaged the left side ๊of his STR14 and forced the team to change his chassis, meaning the British-born Thai driver missed qualifying.

The FIA confirmed that Albon will start from the Shang💦hai pitlane for Sunday’s race after Toro Rosso carried out the chassis change.

“I’m OK,” Albon said after the s🎃ession. “I’m more angry and disappoiꦿnted than anything else. It was a big crash and a bit of a silly one as well.

“Just a bit too muchꦬ astro turf, a bit too much throttle and just a bit greedy for FP3.”

Albon said it would be a “bad excuse” to put the crash down to a simple rookie mistake and his frustration was compounded as he ⛦fel𒁏t he had the potential to put his Toro Rosso into the top 10.

𓆉“It would be a bad excuse I would think,” he explained. “I don’t think it shou🌌ld have happened.

“I think I was a little bit too greedy, that was it. Obviously trying to find the limit but shouཧld have been in qualifying rather than FP3.

“I’m really disappo﷽inted because I think we had a good chance to be in Q3 today and I think the car has been really strong this weekend, so not happy with it.”