Following a very solid qualifying session where the Australian had qualified in P8, it turned sour as he was excluded from it for exceeding the MGU-K power limit during the first segment of qualifying under the lights at Singapore. 

He’ll be forced to start from the back of the field tomorrow and faces an even harder race tomorrow in tough conditions. His penalty promotes Hulkenberg and Norris up to P8 and P9, with Antonio Giovinazzi joining them in the top 10.