Yuki Tsunoda walked away from a huge accident during qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after his Red Bull rolled on impact with the barriers at the Villeneuve Chicane.
Tsunoda was on his first flying lap in Q1 when he took too much kerb on the first apex of the chicane and lost the rear of the car at roughly 120 mph.
There was little opportunity to slow the car as he spun through the gravel, resulting in a huge impact with the barriers that catapulted the Red Bull into the air before it initially landed upside down in the gravel and then came to a rest the right way up.
Tsunoda walked away from the incident unaided but was still taken to the medical centre for standard checks.
"I'm just really stupid for myself, pushing like that," Tsunoda said. "I mean, this is very hard and made a lot of changes to the car, so, you know, especially, you know, pushing like that hard without understanding enough about the car and just... Yeah, I'm just very unnecessary, pushing like that hard in the early stages, yeah."
The session was delayed to allow for repairs to the barriers as well as a light panel used to display flag colours to the drivers.
As he failed to set a time in qualifying, Tsunoda will start Sunday's grand prix from the back of the grid.
Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull from junior team Racing Bulls at the Japanese Grand Prix this year, replacing Liam Lawson who was dropped after just two races with the team.
Asked if he was feeling the pressure of performing at Red Bull, Tsunoda added: "I don't think so. The team is supporting me enough to take off pressure as much as possible.
"Yeah, I'm just trying to be a hero from Q1, which has been unnecessary. Aiming too much... Aiming, I would say, myself to pass the Q1 with just one set [of tyres].
"Also, I mean, I made a lot of changes to the car. You don't know much about the car, how the car is going to react, and everything, high speed, medium speed, slow speed. And that kind of corner, you need to build up, especially after a massive change.
"I mean, I had confidence that I can handle it, but at the same time... Yeah, it's just a thing that, to be honest, is just kind of really an excuse.
"It's just an experience from the car, and just car changes and how the car reacts is a bit unexpected. But I know what kind of reason that caused that kind of, I would say, balance into the corner."
The Japanese driver has scored nine points in four races since becoming Max Verstappen's teammate.