George Russell said a wrecked headrest left his head shaking around in the Mercedes cockpit when he languished an off in qualifying over the Sao Paulo Terrific Prix.
His run into the rock in Q3 accidentally assisted Kevin Magnussen with procuring his very first shaft position in Recipe 1, with the Haas driver setting the speediest lap from the get-go and, in deteriorating conditions, Russell's mishap drew out the warnings subsequently.
With the track surface becoming wetter, no driver had the option to enhance their underlying lap in the last piece of qualifying, prompting upbeat scenes in the Haas carport.
While Russell will arrange third for the run, he discussed the satisfaction he felt at seeing a "insane outcome" unfurl.
At the point when gotten some information about his meeting in the television pen subsequent to qualifying, Russell said: "I think likely more blended feelings since we were clearly one of the last vehicles to go out in qualifying, and it was a particularly extraordinary encounter on the grounds that as the lap advanced, the downpour was simply falling increasingly hard and I got to the last corner and it was wetter than on the lap previously, so you must be truly speculative.
"In any case, gigantic well done to Kevin and Haas. This is what's going on with Equation 1 and game, to have a few insane outcomes like this.
"Be that as it may, for our purposes, P3 is a decent spot to begin for the run."
Squeezed about his manners of thinking as he became marooned in the rock, he added: "What was going through my psyche was getting a genuinely horrendous migraine - I've broken the headrest on the grounds that my head was banging to such an extent.
"It was a truly terrible encounter, and afterward I lost the back and I booted it. I needed to do a 360 twist and afterward dunked the backs in the rock, so presumably not I've ever smartest decision. In any case, as it ended up, we realize that first lap was everything."
Russell's confirmation of responsibility in his grounding being fairly self-caused in Q3 will prompt a more drawn out night for the mechanics on his side of the carport, however he figures his W13 ought to be looking great for Saturday and Sunday.
"There ought to be no harm," he affirmed. "I've forever been speculative while it's being lifted onto the tow truck and there's a great deal of rock, so the folks should accept the vehicle to pieces this evening to ensure we have all the rock out, however it ought to be OK."
Russell's Mercedes colleague Lewis Hamilton will arrange eighth for the run, with Max Verstappen set to join Magnussen on the first line.
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