Daniil Kvyat says someone had to get the new qualifying format wrong and on Saturday in Australia, it was Red Bull Racing.
The Russian driver was eliminated in the first session and will line up for the 2016 F1 season opener in 18th place.
"Of course it’s frustrating to be P18 but we will learn from what we have done today," he explained.
"My first lap was compromised by traffic so I had to give it up, and on the second push lap the tyres lost a lot of performance so it wasn’t enough.
"It’s a new system and someone had to get it wrong and today it was us but we have plenty of things to analyse from our short life in Q1.
"I will do my best to go through the field tomorrow, definitely. It’s not going to be enjoyable to start from P18 but it’s a long race and we have to try and squeeze everything out of it and bring some points home."
Daniel Ricciardo made it through to Q3 and will start eighth. He added: "To make it into Q3 is good, we expected to more or less be in the top eight. Another tenth would have probably given us a couple of more positions, but that’s always the way.
"As for the new qualifying system, Q1 and Q2 seemed okay, the clock ticking down added a bit more pressure and it might have been a bit more exciting for the fans, but Q3 didn’t seem to work as well, it was a bit weird to have the session still going and all the drivers out of their cars."
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