Alex Albon's mistake means Logan Sargeant has been sidelined by Williams at the Australian Grand Prix.
Williams team boss James Vowles said the decision to hand over Logan Sargeant’s FW46 to Alex Albon for the rest of the Australian GP after the latter’s crash is “one of the hardest” decisions yet as principal, but the team must come first.
“We had high hopes coming into this event,” Vowles began. “Last year in Melbourne, we had a competitive package, but we didn’t deliver in terms of points. This year, we know that we have a well-balanced package and a good foundation to work from. “The damage was extensive. The gearbox is split in two, the power unit has significant damage to it and the chassis was damaged beyond repair at the track on the front-right corner.
“As a result of the work that took place across the winter, we stressed the organisation to the absolute limits. We pushed everything as far as it could do. And what it meant as a result of that is off the back end of being very late on some of the production, the spare chassis starts to move backwards.
“I’ve made the decision for Logan not to be racing this weekend and for Alex to take the chassis and continue on behalf of Williams Racing on Saturday and Sunday. It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve made so far whilst here in this organisation.
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