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Logan Sargeant: Driver Profile

Only a score or so drivers get to experience lift at the pinnacle of motorsport each season, yet you have to feel a little sorry for the F1 grid's sole United States representative, Logan Sargeant.

Thrown in at the deep end for his debut season with less testing than most drivers get, Sargeant drives for a Williams team who were expected to be at the back this year, but have outperformed predictions.

However, 14 races into the campaign, Sargeant is the only driver to have competed in every race yet failed to score a point, while his impressive team-mate Alex Albon has picked up 21 points.

The Floridian speedster knows he is racing for his future, and at times that desperation shows in his driving, but the team have shown him support and with a strong finish to the season, Sargeant could yet secure his place on next year's grid.

NameLogan Hunter Sargeant
BornFort Lauderdale, Florida
Date of BirthDecember 31, 2000
Age22
Height 5ft 11in
F1 wins0
F1 points0 (up to 2023 Italian Grand Prix)

Where is Logan Sargeant from?

Logan Sargeant was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is the nephew of billionaire energy and shipping magnate Harry Sargeant III. 

His older brother Dalton competed in stock car and truck racing championships, while Logan moved to Europe as a teenager to pursue a single-seater career.

What was Logan Sargeant's racing record before F1?

Like almost all future Formula 1 drivers, Sargeant began his racing career in karts, at the age of seven. In his first year, he finished third in the Florida Winter Tour and Rotax Max Challenge USA, and won both titles the following year.

After moving to Europe, Sargeant became the first American driver since 1978 to win the Karting World Championship in 2015.

The following season, Sargeant graduated to cars and claimed 15 podiums from 18 races in the Formula 4 UAE Championship, finishing second in the standings despite not winning a race.

Sargeant's rise up the motorsport ladder continued with Formula Renault Eurocup in 2018, Formula 3 Championship in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

For 2022, Sargeant raced in the official F1 feeder series, Formula 2, finishing fourth in the standings after wins in the Silverstone and Red Bull Ring feature races.

Which F1 teams has Logan Sargeant raced for?

At the 2021 United States Grand Prix, it was announced Sargeant had joined the Williams Driver Academy, and he took part in a test session in Abu Dhabi following the last race of the season.

A year later, he made a guest appearance for Williams in free practice in Austin, becoming the first American driver since Alexander Rossi in 2015 to take part in an official Formula 1 session. 

That same weekend, Sargeant was announced as a Williams race driver for 2023, on condition that he finish in the top five of the F2 championship. 

He also drove in free practice sessions in Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.

What have been Logan Sargeant's best F1 races?

Sargeant made his racing debut in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening race of the season. Although he was eliminated in Q1, he still qualified ahead of fellow debutants Oscar Piastri and Nyck de Vries.

Lining up 16th, one place behind team-mate Albon, Sargeant climbed to 12th by the finish, one lap behind winner Max Verstappen and one place behind Albon.

The team struggled for form in the next few races, but improvement came in Austria where Sargeant finished 13th, his best finish since Bahrain.

At Silverstone next time out, Sargeant was in the hunt for a top-10 grid spot, but missed out in a tight battle and started 14th. In the race he finished 11th, just outside the points positions.

Arguably Sargeant's best performance came in the Netherlands, where he qualified in the top 10 and was running in the points when he spun off the track and crashed. It initially looked as though Sargeant was to blame, but it turned out that a suspension failure caused the accident.

Is Logan Sargeant improving as an F1 driver?

Sargeant has shown signs of trying too hard at times, and he is also the only driver to have been outqualified by his team-mate in all of the first 14 races.

It is hard to find evidence that he is getting better, but Sargeant has brought the car home in all races bar the two in which he suffered mechanical issues, and he is an improvement over the man he replaced, Canada's Nicholas Latifi.

What are Logan Sargeant's prospects for the rest of this season?

Williams' form has tended to be circuit-specific, but Japan, Qatar and Brazil look like they could be opportunities for the team to do well.

Sargeant needs strong performances to persuade Williams to keep him in the car for next year, and that his main aims will be to get closer to Albon and hopefully pick up a point or two.

Who will Logan Sargeant race for next season?

Other than AlphaTauri, the Red Bull junior team, Williams are the only F1 outfit yet to announce their full driver line-up for next year. Albon has a multi-year contract, meaning Sargeant's current seat is his only potential option to stay in Formula 1.

His cause is helped by the fact that none of the current Williams Academy drivers is competing in Formula 2, but Sargeant will likely have to improve if the team are not to look elsewhere.

If he does leave F1, a move to IndyCar is a well-trodden path for ex-F1 drivers, while he does have some links to the world of sportscar racing after a handful of outings in GT and European Le Mans Series races in 2021.

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