The Williams Formula 1 team will be down to one car for the rest of the Australian GP weekend if the chassis damaged in Alex Albon's FP1 crash is not repairable.
Williams does not have a spare chassis on site but team principal James Vowles has confirmed that the option exists to switch Albon to Logan Sargeant’s car on Saturday, leaving the American on the sidelines. Albon had a huge accident in FP1 in Albert Park, hitting a concrete wall with the right hand side of the car at high-speed before spearing across the track and striking the wall on the other side as well.
” Alex Albon, Williams Racing Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Vowles revealed that if Albon’s chassis cannot be repaired, the call could be made for him to take over Sargeant’s car as the senior driver and the man most likely to score points at what is usually a race of high attrition. 'One point here will make the difference between sixth and 10th potentially in the championship, simple as that,” he said. 'It just depends.
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