Williams provided Logan Sargeant some assurance over his speedy future after confirming Carlos Sainz Jnr will take his place on the crew subsequent yr.
The crew stated it “thanked Logan Sargeant for his exhausting work and dedication over the previous two years” after confirming Sainz’s arrival in 2025.
“Williams will give Logan each help as he seems to proceed his racing profession for 2025 and into the long run,” it added.
Nevertheless the prospects of Sargeant touchdown a seat at one other crew seem slim. Sargeant’s place has been unsure for a lot of the season, because it was within the closing levels of final yr.
After a yr and a half in Method 1 he has nonetheless not out-qualified his crew mate for a grand prix. As crew principal James Vowles identified lately, such a one-sided efficiency between their two drivers leaves the crew considerably at midnight about the place the last word efficiency of their automobile lies.
The circumstances of the Australian Grand Prix spoke volumes about Sargeant’s standing throughout the crew. Alexander Albon crashed closely in observe, wrecking one of many crew’s two chassis. With no spare accessible, Williams informed Sargeant to take the weekend off and gave his automobile to Albon.
Sargeant additionally made a considerable contribution in the direction of rising Williams’ restore invoice over the opening races, prompting hypothesis he won’t even see out the season with the crew. Vowles went a good distance in the direction of ending that hypothesis, stating he expects Sargeant will “proceed to struggle exhausting for us within the races forward” this yr.
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With one new driver already confirmed on the 2025 grid and one other tipped to affix, at the very least one of many current racers should make means. Sargeant is available on the market alongside drivers with considerably extra expertise than him, corresponding to Kevin Magnussen and probably Valtteri Bottas.
Whereas the outcomes merely haven’t been there for Sargeant, he has borne the pressures that comes with that admirably properly. Barring an surprising transfer to someplace like Alpine, a crew whose future is unclear, it’s unlikely he will probably be again on the grid subsequent yr.
Sargeant will subsequently head into the second half of the season not underneath stress to carry out to save lots of his seat. And if Williams lastly produce their long-awaited improve, maybe America’s most up-to-date points-scoring driver would possibly even get the possibility so as to add to his tally earlier than transferring on.
