Logan Sargeant’s Never-Say-Die American Attitude Toward “Disappointing” Career Moment the Only Reason He Made It to F1

Logan Sargeant, who was competing for Prema Racing in 2020, would have never imagined that he would break into Formula 1 in such a short period. But the older generation was undoubtedly correct when they said that everything is about “chance.”

Williams decided to replace Nicholas Latifi after a miserable three-year stint by hiring Logan Sargeant. But do you know how a disappointing moment in the F3 championship preserved a possibility for the American driver to advance to the top of the high-speed automobiles? Sargeant missed the F3 championship by four points in 2020, which certainly frustrated him, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise for the American driver since champions aren’t allowed to race in F3 again. Charouz Racing System provided him with a last-minute opportunity to return to F3 prior to the start of the 2021 season.

Talking with the Feeder series Podcast, Sargeant said, “To be honest, it didn’t really bother me too much even going into the following year because whether I’d won that championship or not, I wasn’t going to be able to move into F2. Ultimately, I guess everything happens for a reason because I probably wouldn’t have been here if I won that championship.”

He continued, sharing his thoughts, and said, “Obviously in the moment it was super disappointing, but looking back at it, maybe it was for the better. You have to try and spin it and look at the positive of it.”

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The eight-year drought of an American driver from the sport will come to an end with Logan Sargeant’s debut into the Formula 1 globe. Given this, it is only reasonable for Sargeant to face high expectations and criticism heading into the upcoming season.

The underlying rationale behind the addition of Logan Sargeant to Williams

During the final F2 leg, Sargeant was simply too strong. The fourth-place finish by the Carlin driver gave him enough Super License points to debut with Williams, and he is now paired up with Thai -British driver Alex Albon. He will be the first American to compete in the F1 Circuit since Alexander Rossi in 2015, and his inclusion in the team has drawn a considerable amount of criticism.

There have been a lot of negative comments made about his inclusion in the team. The critics questioned whether Logan Sargeant’s signing by the second-most successful squad was due to his American citizenship. The team principal Jos Capito shot off all the rumors and said to Motorsports.com, “It is a good for F1 to have an American driver. But we didn’t pick Logan in the Academy because he’s American, we picked him because of his success and his past in racing.”

Shutting down all the speculations, Capito said, “If you have a young driver who is ready for F1, and you have the seat, then you have to put these young drivers into the seat, otherwise, you’ve done something wrong. And that’s why we came to that conclusion that is the right thing. And that Logan is American, I think it’s nice to have, but it’s not the initiation of the decision.”

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Perhaps only time will be able to determine whether Williams can achieve the required outcomes with the skill of the American driver or if it was only a shot in the dark.