Turvey laments qualifying error

The Briton went into the weekend with a 12-point championship lead, but could only manage 14th on the grid in the damp qualifying session that decided the grid for the final race of the year.

He finished third in race one to keep a slender three-point lead going into race two, but couldn't make enough progress through the field to stop Jaime Alguersuari taking the championship, and retired on the last lap following contact with Marcus Ericsson.

"We got the strategy wrong in qualifying and I didn't get the best out of the tyres when the track was at its best," Turvey told autosport.com.

"Most of the guys at the top did their best times on slicks on their sixth lap of the session, I did mine on wets on my 12th lap and was only 14th."

But Turvey also pointed to an engine failure while on pole position at Spa-Francorchamps that could have been part of a four-race winning streak.

"I had some bad luck as well, the points we lost at Spa also proved costly. But at the end of the day, I led the championship for so long... I'm disappointed to lose, obviously, but it's still been a really strong season."