Logan Sargeant will graduate to F1 with Williams in 2023, having satisfied the necessities for a FIA superlicence.
Williams declared Sargeant as its favored substitution for the leaving Nicholas Latifi recently, yet its declaration was caveated by the reality the American actually expected to arrive at the 40 superlicence focuses expected under the flow framework for a driver to race in F1.
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That very framework demolished countryman and IndyCar star Colton Herta’s possibilities doing a F1 switch with AlphaTauri, however Sargeant’s newbie Recipe 2 season has permitted him to clear the obstacle.
The 21-year-old American was third in the F2 standings heading into the last race of the time on Sunday at Abu Dhabi, yet gave the spot over to Red Bull protege Liam Lawson, who passed him for P6 toward the beginning of the race at Turn 6, disturbing Sargeant – his Carlin colleague – by then pressing him out at Turn 7.
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Sargeant then, at that point, spent a significant part of the race behind Williams F1 analyzer Roy Nissany after his pitstop, at last working his far beyond the Israeli with a little more than three laps left to run. A clear disappointment for Sauber protege Theo Pourchaire then elevated him to fifth, however it actually wasn’t sufficient to hold Lawson back from jumping him in the standings.
In any case, a fourth-place finish in F2 is still sufficient for 30 superlicence focuses.
What’s more, joined for 20 focuses for third spot in the 2020 F3 season, in which he battled intimately with Pourchaire and McLaren’s 2023 marking Oscar Piastri for the title, it implies Sargeant easily clears the 40-point edge without expecting to rest on any extra focuses for F1 work on running or punishment without point seasons.
All that implies Sargeant will be the primary full-time American F1 driver since Scott Speed above and beyond 10 years prior, and that the Walk 5 2023 season opener in Bahrain ought to check whenever an American driver first has begun a stupendous prix since Alexander Rossi in 2015.
The F2 finale was won by Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa, who held off Aston Martin’s new save – 2022 boss Felipe Drugovich. Drugovich’s endeavors were as yet adequate to get his MP Motorsport outfit the groups’ title.
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