Williams explain how Logan Sargeant crashed into the barrier at Dutch GP

Logan Sargeant crashed out of the race while his teammate Alex Albon finished P8.

Williams explain how Logan Sargeant crashed into the barrier at Dutch GP

Logan Sargeant (Credits: IMAGO)

Logan Sargeant had got off to an optimistic start to the weekend, with him qualifying for Q3. Although he crashed out in the early minutes, he still started at P10, his all time career high. Despite this, Sargeant had a race to forget on Sunday as he entered the barriers in lap 15. Williams chief James Vowles explained what caused the American rookie to show such poor performance at Zandvoort.

Vowles stated that a hydraulic issue in the car affected the steering, which caused Sargeant to crash out. He also said that there was a curb on the track, which caused the vehicle to lose out on all hydraulic pressure, due to which the driver lost control of the steering. He also clarified that the crash was not similar to the one in qualifying.

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“And this particular point there’s quite a large spike of load through the floor, and that ends up in a situation where as soon as he hits it, we lose all hydraulic pressure. When you lose hydraulic pressure in an F1 car, you have no steering, and no other things,” Vowles said, as reported by motorsport.com.

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Logan Sargeant expressed his disappointment over upsetting DNF in the Dutch GP

Logan Sargeant
Logan Sargeant (Credits: PlanetF1)

Logan Sargeant had a nightmare of a race at the Dutch GP on Sunday as the American failed to finish the race as he crashed out at lap 15. This was the second time he crashed in the weekend, the first incident being in the qualifying when he had qualified for the first time for Q3. Post-race, Sargeant explained what happened and expressed his disappointment with the results.

While all the drivers had switched to inters after early precipitation, Sargeant decided to stay out on slicks. He said that he started to lose tyre temperature due to the weather, which cost him a lot of time. He mentioned how he hit the apex curb at Turn eight and lost his hydraulics and steering, causing him to crash. He also disagreed with Williams’ strategy as he revealed that he preferred to be on intern in those conditions rather than slicks.

“I was just losing a bit too much tyre temp in those wet conditions, which cost me a lot of time… I touched the apex kerb at Turn 8 and I lost hydraulics and power steering. And that just set me off. And once I touched all the damp stuff, there was really no chance of recovery,” said Sargeant.

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