In the round-up: James Vowles expects Logan Sargeant to prove his critics wrong in 2024.
In brief
Sargeant must be “surprise of the season”
Williams team principal James Vowles says second-year driver Logan Sargeant needs to be the “surprise of the season” after a challenging rookie year in 2023, in which he scored just one of the team’s 28 points.
“He knows that what he was doing last year, that’s not fit for purpose anymore,” Vowles said to the official F1 channel.
“We have to step it up. He has to be the surprise of the season and use the knowledge base that he spent 12 months gathering to good effect. You can see that in his body language and confidence already and he’s now got an opportunity to take it to the track and translate it there.”
No fooling new team boss – Hulkenberg
Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg says that new team principal Ayao Komatsu, the team’s former engineering director, will not be easily fooled by the team’s engineers.
“Obviously he has his own management style and he’s made some changes already,” Hulkenberg said.
“He’s obviously an engineer, so a different background, but a lot of know-how, a lot of knowledge. The engineers can’t fool him because he knows what’s up and how the dynamics work.”
Hamda Al Qubaisi aiming for F1 Academy title
Red Bull junior Hamda Al Qubaisi says her target is to win the F1 Academy championship in her second season.
The MP Motorsport driver – the younger of the two Al Qubaisi sisters who race in the series this year – will run in Red Bull Racing’s colours this season. She took four race wins last year on her way to third in the standings, but is aiming to win the title this season.
“We ended off the season last year really well, so I’m really excited to bring what I’ve learned from last year into this year and improve even more,” she said.
“I think we always want to strive to do better. Last year, I felt like I had more in me. Also, I look back and think I could have performed even better, so I’m going into this year with that mindset and trying to aim for the title.”
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