Jaime Alguersuari insists it was a gearbox problem that put him out of the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP and not a lack of fuel after arookie error.
Coming in for his first stop of the evening on lap 20, Alguersuari drove into the wrong pit box, opting to stop his Toro Rosso in the Red Bull box instead of his team's.
Quickly sent on his way as the real Red Bull driver, Sebastian Vettel, was coming in for his stop, Alguersuari went back out to rejoin the race and seconds later came to a stop on the side of the track.
The initial belief is that he ran out of fuel. The 19-year-old Spaniard, though, insists it was a gearbox problem.
"We had a problem with the gearbox, the up shift was not there. So it was impossible to continue," he told the BBC.
"They told me to box so I came in straight away but no-one was ready in the Toro Rosso box so I went to the other one.
"Then when I looked up I realised I was in the wrong place."
Opps...
