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Lando Norris was left annoyed after failing to claim a top ten finish in Melbourne.
The Briton started his maiden Grand Prix in eighth place but dropped out of the points after making his pit stop. Norris was then stuck behind Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi for a number of laps, losing time to the cars ahead.
Norris eventually found his way past the Italian but had lost too much time to his rivals, and eventually crossed the line in 12th.
“It was too late,” he said. “It obviously cost me the positions on Kvyat and Stroll, which obviously put me out of the points in the end.
“I’m a bit annoyed because there was a lot more potential. The car had the pace to be in the top 10. Basically, I let everyone down so I need to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
“The possibility was there to finish in the points today, especially with [Daniel] Ricciardo and [Romain] Grosjean out, two strong guys, one of them was ahead.”
Asked if he was proud of his maiden Grand Prix, he replied: “Of myself, not that much. Of the team, I think I’m pretty proud.
“I had a pretty good car today. Not perfect but overall it had enough pace in it to be in the top 10.
“I just made a couple of mistakes that put be outside of it which is why I’m not as happy as what I was yesterday. Just nice to get my first race out of the way. I’d been quite nervous going in but after finishing I’m reasonably happy.”
McLaren and Williams were the only teams that emerged from the season-opener without a point to their name.
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It was a solid showing, but I'm still expecting more. I've been saying Lando is a super star for years, not just another solid driver like Carlos Sainz