In the round-up: Logan Sargeant says he was pleased with his qualifying performance despite missing out on Q2
In brief
Sargeant “proud” of qualifying run
Logan Sargeant says he is satisfied with the performance he put in in qualifying yesterday despite being knocked out in Q1.
The Williams driver will line up 15th on the grid after both Haas drivers were disqualified from qualifying. Although he will be six places behind team mate Alexander Albon, Sargeant said he’s not running the same upgrades as his team mate this weekend.
“To be honest I feel like I’ve been driving well all weekend,” he said. “I feel like it was another good run at it. Traffic-free laps and honestly, really happy with the laps I did and the performance I got out of the car.
“Just unfortunate to be missing a few key components this weekend, which I think ultimately made have made a bit of a bigger difference than I was expecting and that would have been the difference in getting through or not. But nonetheless proud of the way I drove and I genuinely feel like I got everything out of the package I had.”
Da Costa loses fifth after penalty
Porsche Formula E driver Antonio Felix da Costa fell from fifth place to 18th after being hit with a penalty for forcing Jean-Eric Vergne off the track during Saturday’s first Shanghai Eprix.
Da Costa was deemed to have pushed the DS Penske driver off track at turn 12 while they were fighting late in the race, giving him a five second penalty for being responsible. Due to the close field spread, five seconds dropped him 13 places in the final classification to 18th.
Floersch hit with grid drop
Sophia Floersch was hit with a five-place grid penalty for today’s F3 Monaco feature race after she was deemed responsible for causing the collision in yesterday’s sprint race that put Kacper Sztuka out and left her with front wing damage.
The pair were fighting over 14th place midway through the race when Floersch attempted to pass to the inside of the final corner, Anthony Noghes. Floersch clipped the rear of Sztuka’s car, damaging him enough to put him out of the race. She was deemed “wholly responsible” for the clash and given a five place penalty.
Floersch will therefore start today’s race from 23rd place. Fellow Alpine junior Gabriele Mini will start from pole.
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