WILLIAMS have sacrificed Logan Sargeant by dumping him OUT of the Australian GP after his teammate Alex Albon smashed up his own F1 car.<br /><br />Ruthless bosses saw the London-born Thai racer have a high-speed accident during practice in Melbourne.<br /><br />The impact with the barriers saw his Williams smashed to pieces but without enough spare parts to repair the car overnight, they decided to retire his chassis from the race.<br /><br />But in a big kick in the balls they decided to put the former Red Bull driver in Sargeant's car instead, meaning the American will not get to drive.<br /><br />The move casts doubt on Sargeant's future in the team and he was understandably left furious with the team.<br /><br />The team released a press release with Sargeant quoted, although his mood is considered to be less sanguine.<br /><br />It said: "This is the hardest moment I can remember in my career and it's not easy.<br /><br />"I am however completely here for the team and will continue to contribute in any way that I can this weekend to maximize what we can do."<br /><br />The statement confirmed that the broken chassis will be returned to their Grove HQ for repair.<br /><br />Williams team boss James Vowles has been left red-faced by the team's failure to have enough spares to fix Albon's car.<br /><br />And he paid tribute to Sargeant, calling him a "true team player" - words that will only grate with the American who is already fighting for his future.<br /><br />Vowles said: "We are hugely disappointed that the damage sustained to the chassis has meant we need to withdraw it from the weekend.<br /><br />Wolff said: "In the second session [we've] gone through a quite dramatic set-up change on Lewis' [car] and that has massively backfired.<br /><br />Hamilton, who is quitting the team for Ferrari, has not won a race since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 2021.
