Sargeant took his first ever out-qualification over Albon in Sprint qualifying in Miami.
Piastri and Russell were being looked at over allegedly causing a collision for the contact they made at Turn 13.
Mekies hailed the Japanese racer’s “simply phenomenal” improvement so far this season.
“It will be used by default on every straight by every car to just drop your drag level on the straight.
Because the way that my crash happened I did lose a bit of confidence with the car and that put me back.
They will be effectively joined at the back of the grid by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon.