Singapore (PTI): Giancarlo Fisichella failed to set up a time in the first qualifying session, while his team-mate Adrian Sutil could only manage to complete 10 laps as the Force India duo will now start from the back of the grid in the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix here on Sunday.

Sutil will start in the 19th position while his experienced team-mate Fisichella will be 20th on the grid under the lights of the Marina Bay street circuit. Fisichella's qualifying was compromised following an accident in the final 15 minutes of the third and final practice session on Saturday night.

The Italian fell foul of the high kerbs through turn 10 and went into the barriers, damaging the front right corner of his VJM01. With just two hours to repair the car between practice and qualifying, Fisichella was only able to run in the final five minutes of the qualifier, however he could not set a time when a puncture caused him to run wide into turn three and lose his front wing.

"Unfortunately today wasn't my day! I had an accident over the kerbs in turn 10 in practice the kerbs in that corner are very dangerous as I launched over them and went into the barriers," a disappointed Fisichella said.

However, he lauded the team engineers for getting back the car on the track within no time. "The mechanics did a fantastic, fantastic job to get the car repaired and out for qualifying in the last five minutes. Unfortunately then I had a puncture and then another crash as the steering wasn't right because of the puncture.

"I'm really disappointed, not for myself as I think it would have been a tough qualifying anyway, but for the team as they worked so hard," he said.