Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen described his crash in qualifying as “quite embarrassing” and wa𝔍s left to rue the mistake which ruined his Japanese Grand Prix weekend.

Strong winds caused havoc throughout qualifying at Suzuka as Robert Kubica crashed hard at the final corner just moments after Q1 got underway, before Magnussen fo🗹llowed suit shortly after the restart in a similar incident.

The Dane admitted he was caught out by a gust of wind while exiting the last corne💜r and was simply unable to correct a slide in time.

“I went on the power, I had full throttle, and then suddenly I got wheelspin, and spun around, which was u𝐆nfortunate and quite embarrassing really - but shit🌄 happens,” Magnussen said.

“I just didn’t expect to get such a big gust of wind there right in the tail. Showed everyone ✅what not to do.”

Having started 19th on the grid, Magnussen went on to finish a lowly 17th - aheꦐad of only the Williams duo - and believes a be🍬tter result would have been possible had he started the race higher up.

“If we had hooked everything up, if I had started up where I should have and got as good a start as I did𒁃 get, then I would have been in a much better position,” he explained.

“And probably with a better pit stop and strategy, we 🃏couldไ have scored some points. It’s frustrating.”

Qualifying and th🐓e race was compacted into one day of running following the disruption caused by♛ Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday, which led to the cancellation of final practice and qualifying being postponed.

Asked if he🧜 would be in favour of F1 reducing its weekend format, Magnussen replied: “Yeah, absolutely.

“It’s been a really fun day, very interesting and ver🐷y intense. I’d love to see this be the way forward in the future.”