Logan Sargeant known as out Marcus Ericsson over feedback the IndyCar driver made on a podcast regarding the state of his relationship with Williams crew principal James Vowles, calling them “utterly unfaithful.”
Ericsson was talking in Swedish on the Viaplay Formulation 1 podcast, and instructed a narrative about contacts in the USA suggesting the connection between Vowles and Sargeant had damaged down.
“I used to be additionally instructed this weekend by some American mates who know Sargeant, that he doesn’t have enjoyable in that crew,” Ericsson is translated as saying on the podcast. “He thinks it’s actually onerous, and apparently he and James Vowles don’t even speak with one another anymore. They barely greet one another. It’s utterly reduce off between them.”
When Sargeant was requested to make clear if the claims are true forward of the Belgian Grand Prix, the Floridian dismissed them, and was important of Ericsson’s feedback.
“Marcus Ericsson has a repute of speaking about different folks with out ever even having a dialog with me in his life,” stated Sargeant. “So yeah, it doesn’t carry any weight. It’s not true.
“I simply had a dialog right here with James 20 minutes in the past. And most significantly, me and James, we each come right here and we need to do the very best for the crew, we each work in the identical route for what’s finest for the crew, and finally, what’s finest for the crew is finest for me. So it’s simply utterly unfaithful.
“I’ve by no means spoken to [Ericsson] in my life, so I don’t plan on it both means.”
Sargeant did make clear that he was but to have one-to-one discussions with Vowles in Belgium, however says he expects to take action and gained’t let the hypothesis over his future affect his state of affairs inside Williams.
“It was a gaggle dialog there a minute in the past, however I’ll converse to him individually. However I haven’t had the possibility to but.
“It’s been this manner for a very long time now, so it’s what it’s. Like I all the time say, crucial factor is that we’re all working in the direction of the identical aim. That may by no means change. And all of us need what’s finest for the entire crew.”
When made conscious of Sargeant’s feedback, Ericsson instructed RACER he was solely retelling the story of a dialog he’d had, including: “I didn’t imply to upset anybody, merely simply stated what I had heard.”
