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Logan Sargeant has revealed that Williams compromised his strategy in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to prevent AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo
In the final round of the campaign, Williams held a seven-point advantage over AlphaTauri, who had outscored them by 11 points in the previous four rounds. Despite a strong sixth place in qualifying for Yuki Tsunoda, team-mate Ricciardo struggled and finished one place behind Williams’ Alex Albon. Sargeant had a challenging Saturday with his lap times deleted for exceeding track limits. Williams didn’t have the pace to challenge, but AlphaTauri couldn’t score the necessary points to seize seventh due to Sargeant holding up Ricciardo. Sargeant spoke positively about his defensive driving against Ricciardo and the late charge at the end of the race.