James Vowles, the Williams team principal, stated that in order to avoid a recurrence of the punishment Logan Sargeant got last weekend, they need to provide better resources.

Due to his actions, which the stewards described as overtaking under the safety car, Sargeant received two endorsement points on his license in addition to a 10-second time penalty.When the Safety Car was being deployed, Nico Hulkenberg and Sargeant crossed Safety Car Line Two side by side, which is how the incident happened. When they got to the line, it was hard to tell which was ahead since Sargeant was coming up on the track and the Haas driver was coming out of the pits.

It happened After they crossed the line, Sargeant narrowly passed Hulkenberg. He received a penalty since he was unaware of this and his team was unable to identify him as having done so.

In a team video, Vowles stated, “It was a harsh penalty. When you see just matters of tenths translate into seconds, that’s difficult.” Furthermore, it’s extremely challenging for the motorist to determine if he was in front of or behind.

It is our duty, and we failed to fulfill it. As it took us several camera replays to even identify the difference, we need to create more and better automated technologies that let us see what was happening at that moment. You couldn’t tell who was ahead of who from the onboards, which we have footage of.

The squad accepts the penalty, according to Vowles. “There is nothing you can do when it’s in-race like that because that’s how penalties operate. It is not appealable. Effectively, the penalty is over once it has been granted; the FIA makes the decision.

Their decision-making was accurate. At the line, we lagged behind. Those are actualities.

He stated that the group will endeavor to enhance its handling of such incidents going forward. “Since you can fix it, we need to make improvements to our system and procedures to ensure that we identify that sooner.

In order to correct that position, Logan would have needed to slow down during the first incident, allow the car pass again a short while later, and then do so again. It’s all about the little margins, but that’s the essence of Formula 1.

Radio messages from the Sargeant at the finish of the raceGaetan Jego, Sargeant’s race engineer, did not inform him of his punishment until the end of the race. The motorist was certain that he had not disobeyed any laws.