Albon's own car was badly damaged in a crash in opening practice on Friday, and he didn't take part in FP2.
With no spare chassis on hand, team principal James Vowles made the call for Albon to take over the sole remaining healthy chassis for Saturday, meaning Sargeant would miss the remainder of the weekend.
Albon was an impressive seventh in Q1 and then secured 12th in Q2, a place behind Lewis Hamilton.
"A different feeling, a weird feeling, if I'm honest," he said when asked by Autosport for his thoughts on taking his team-mate's car.
"Because it's one thing kind of making a mistake and then having pressure trying to deliver a performance in qualifying, but it's another feeling when you're obviously being given a responsibility - and I take that responsibility, it's not lost on me.
"So yeah, it was tough. At the same time, the only thing you can really do is focus on your job and put it all behind you and treat the weekend like the normal weekend.
"Obviously, a session down. But, genuinely, that's all I can really do. And I think so far, we've done a good job, just to keep it going. And the ultimate kind of payback to Logan would be some points."
Albon praised Sargeant for the way he accepted the disappointment of handing over his car and watching from the sidelines.
Source: Autosport