F1 News: Logan Sargeant On Why He Crashed - "Disappointed And Sorry"

Amid soaring hopes and a promising start, Williams' Logan Sargeant's maiden Q3 appearance meets an abrupt halt at the Dutch GP Qualifying.

Logan Sargeant has spoken out about his crash during qualifying of the Dutch Grand Prix. 

With Williams making a remarkable statement so far this season, the qualifying times showed promise for the historic British team. At the time of Sargeant's crash, the American was clocking a spectacular P2 while his teammate, Alex Albon, held the provisional pole. 

Sargeant, in particular, had every reason to be on cloud nine. Today marked the first time the American driver broke through to Q3 in his fledgling F1 career. However, Sargeant's meteoric rise was cut short as he met the unforgiving wall at Turn 2 just a few minutes into the session.

Immediately following the crash, the session was red-flagged as officials worked diligently to remove the stricken FW45 from the track. Concerns over Sargeant's well-being were quickly alleviated as the team took to social media with an update:

"It's disappointing, obviously never want to leave the team with a damaged car, and one that's pretty damaged as well, so that's the disappointing part," he admitted. "But plenty of positives going through qualifying, I think Q1 was good.

"When it was all on the line on Q2 I was able to put a lap in as well to transfer to Q3. But we gelt good all week and I felt good in the drive yesterday but I touched the white line, which must have been wet, so there's really no saving it. Disappointed and sorry to the team."

As the dust settles on this dramatic episode, all eyes are now on Alex Albon who was able to take P4 in qualfiying today behind Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and George Russell in pole, P2, and P3 respectively.

While it's currently a matter of speculation how much damage the FW45 endured, early indications suggest that the front right of Sargeant's car bore the most significant impact.