Antonelli laments Q3 mistake despite taking pole in Japan

Well Kimi, congratulations, a heck of a performance throughout the whole of qualy, just how pleased are you with the way you handled yourself and managed to get that second successive part? Yeah it was good, it was a good session, I'm happy with it, I think I was able to improve lap by lap and that first few laps, first few three laps was good, second lap was looking strong but then in turn 11 I locked up and lost quite a bit of time so it was a shame, I was a bit annoyed with that but you know, full position, I felt good in the car, felt good with the track and now focusing on tomorrow. Why do you think you've been so strong from the very first lap you turned it because it doesn't feel like you've put a foot wrong, do you have any kind of understanding or do you think it's the confidence you got from China? Well for sure it's, you know, I was able to build momentum already from Melbourne race and then China was continuing to build momentum and it's just, you know, trying to keep this momentum and keep on trying to improve and squeeze every time a bit of performance without overdoing it but I think overall I'm feeling, you know, I'm getting a good feel with the car, of course there's still work to do especially on maximising the PU but yeah, it was good and really happy with that.