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“You suddenly go a second and a half quicker” — Sargeant explains how costly blue flags were during F1 Imola GP

Logan Sargeant’s weekend at the Imola Grand Prix was a frustrating one. After seemingly qualifying P17 on Saturday, his lap time got deleted due to track limits, placing him on the back row as Fernando Alonso started in pit lane. With only one DRS zone on the track, overtaking is a difficulty and grid positions…

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F1 | Imola GP | Qualifying | Verstappen pips Piastri and Norris to pole in exhilarating session

Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…

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Williams FW46 F1 car losing “about four and a half tenths a lap” as it is overweight — Vowles

Williams has unveiled weight-saving plans, starting a this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, revealing that its 2024 Formula 1 car, which has been quite substantially overweight, has been losing the team almost half a second a lap at each event so far. The Grove-based team hopes to bring Alex Albon’s car closer to…

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“Tough to keep making steps forward” when Albon gets Williams F1 updates first — Sargeant

Currently last in the Drivers’ Championship, Logan Sargeant is at the center of many rumours and uncertainties regarding his future in Formula 1. All that while his teammate, Alex Albon, just announced a new multi-year contract extension with Williams, tying him to the team into the new era of regulations. Asked about how the situation…

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Sargeant feels he had “generally been on the pace all weekend” before getting taken out by Magnussen in F1 Miami GP

Logan Sargeant’s first home race of the 2024 season ended in disappointment as he was involved in a collision with Kevin Magnussen on lap 28 at the Miami Grand Prix. The Floridan driver was having a good weekend in his home state, finishing a strong P10 in the Sprint as he used and managed the…

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Williams boss James Vowles explains Albon’s struggles and the impact of Sargeant’s crash in F1 Miami Grand Prix

Coming off a disappointing Miami Grand Prix Williams team boss James Vowles explained the issues that caused Alexander Albon in both qualifying and the race. In the YouTube series aptly named ‘The Vowles Verdict’ on the team’s official channel, he revealed the Thai suffered extensive floor damage after he hit the same bollard, or what…

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There was “almost race management going on in your qualifying laps trying to keep the tyres alive” — Albon unimpressed with Pirelli F1 tyres at Miami GP

Alex Albon starts P14 for the Miami Grand Prix as Williams continues to languish towards the back of the field this year. Only Sauber was slower on raw pace as Bottas and Guanyu got knocked out in Q1. The Thai driver was far from happy with how the tyres behaved in Shanghai. Once again, he…

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Vowles dismisses rumours Antonelli will replace Sargeant at Williams F1 for Imola: “We have far bigger problems to solve than drivers at the moment”

The FIA has received a request to grant Andrea Kimi Antonelli a Super License under special conditions. According to the age limit set as rule following Max Verstappen’s debut as a 17-year-old in free practice at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix before his first race at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli should wait until…

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“I don’t know why they didn’t just tell me to give the position back” — Sargeant unhappy with the FIA after F1 Chinese GP penalty

This year’s Chinese Grand Prix was not short of drama, with enough twists, turns, and penalties to keep us chatting until the next race in Miami. Among the drivers caught in the penalty problems was Logan Sargeant, whose controversial penalty left many fans scratching their heads. During the race, the Virtual Safety Car was deployed…

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