head-to-head preliminary round
Albon 13-0 Sgt.
Albon 7-2 Colapinto
As was the case last year, Albon fared better than Logan Sargeant during their time together. But the American will still feel tough by the decision to withdraw Albon from the Australian Grand Prix after he damaged his chassis in a heavy practice crash, with the Thai driver taking over his team-mate’s car instead.
At the Dutch Grand Prix, Albon was disqualified for a technical infringement and Sargeant did not participate after a heavy practice crash. Ultimately, that costly weekend was the American’s last in Williams’ seat.
Then came the Argentine Colapinto, who gave Albon even more tests. The youngster managed to surpass his team-mate by qualifying twice during their nine weekends together in Azerbaijan and Las Vegas (although the latter session ended in a spectacular crash in the second quarter).
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face to face
Albon 11-2 Sergeant
Albon 4-4 Colapinto
Sargeant has only beaten Albon twice in their time together this season (in Japan and at Imola, where Albon retired). As mentioned above, he was also unable to participate in Australia and neither Williams car completed the Canadian Grand Prix.
After Sargeant was replaced by Colapinto, fierce competition developed between the drivers. But much of that was probably due to Albon’s incredible bad luck late in the season. After a best P7 finish in Azerbaijan, he has now recorded three retirements and one DNS (Brazil) over the last seven race weekends.
Colapinto also failed to finish in Brazil and endured DNFs in the final two races of the year, marking a rather depressing end to his brief F1 career. But the 21-year-old has undoubtedly impressed enough to convince many that he deserves another chance. Do F1 sooner rather than later.
