Williams F1 Boss Jost Capito Rubbishes Conspiracy Theories Around American Logan Sargeant’s Surprise Recruitment

Logan Sargeant got the job done in the final leg of F2 to earn the desired super license points. This means that the American will team up with Alex Albon at Williams Racing next year at the pinnacle of motorsport. The Carlin driver finished 4th in the F2 driver’s standings.

Subsequently, he’ll be the first American to drive in Formula 1 since Alexander Rossi in 2015. The F2 Rookie of the Year has been impressive all year. Moreover, F1 has been picking up the pace in his home country, and questions were raised about whether Williams signed Sargeant because of his American nationality.

Jost Capito, the CEO and Team principal for Williams, has dismissed rumors stating the same. Sargeant is also a member of the Williams academy and Capito has suggested that they chose the American to drive for them because of his talent.

Capito said, “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.”

He continued, “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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Sargeant will be itching to race in F1 ahead of his debut in 2023. He has participated in multiple FP sessions with Williams this year.

Williams driver Alex Albon praised his future teammate Logan Sargeant

After 3 years, Williams decided not to renew Nicholas Latifi’s contract. The Canadian raced in his last GP in Abu Dhabi. Williams announced that the Canadian will be replaced by American driver Nicholas Latifi. Moreover, his teammate Alex Albon seems happy with Sargeant.

Albon said, “He’s basically in every meeting now and can listen to how we communicate, The most important thing for us is: we have to take the team forward now. That’s our main goal for 2023, but of course, Logan is a rookie.” [Translated from Google]

He also mentioned, “I will be open to him because the bottom line is that we have to pull together and we want to move more towards the midfield.”

“He is willing to learn, constantly asking questions.”

Williams will hope to challenge teams above them next season and improve on their P10 finish this year.

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