Max Chilton declared himself pleased with his opening day's work at the Australian Grand Prix.
The 21-year-old finished the day 21st in his Marussia, clocking a time of one min, 30.600 sec.
He was, however, nearly a second slower than team-mate Jule Bianchi.
"Our objective today was to learn the Albert Park track as quickly as possible and then start to gather plenty of information with the car and the tyres, so I'm pretty happy with what we've achieved in terms of the programme," he said.
"Now we can start to piece that together a little more to focus on outright performance and I think tomorrow we will have a clearer idea of where we stand versus the cars around us. Even at this early stage though I'm sure we can feel positive about where we are in relation to our immediate competitors and the car has shown some real promise.
"Though it's early in the season, that's a nice reward for all the hard work we've been doing over the winter and in testing, so well done to the Team here and back at home. So, a late night tonight looking at the data and then we'll aim to push forward again tomorrow."
And Chilton says he loved his first experience of Albert Park
"Albert Park is an amazing circuit and I've loved every second of driving it so far. Tomorrow will be another big milestone in my debut weekend with my first Formula 1 qualifying and I'm very excited about that."
