Williams offered Logan Sargeant some assurance over his immediate future after confirming Carlos Sainz Jnr will take his place at the team next year.
The team said it “thanked Logan Sargeant for his hard work and dedication over the past two years” after confirming Sainz’s arrival in 2025.
“Williams will give Logan every support as he looks to continue his racing career for 2025 and into the future,” it added.
However the prospects of Sargeant landing a seat at another team appear slim. Sargeant’s position has been in doubt for much of the season, as it was in the closing stages of last year.
After a year and a half in Formula 1 he has still not out-qualified his team mate for a grand prix. As team principal James Vowles pointed out recently, such a one-sided performance between their two drivers leaves the team somewhat in the dark about where the ultimate performance of their car lies.
The circumstances of the Australian Grand Prix spoke volumes about Sargeant’s status within the team. Alexander Albon crashed heavily in practice, wrecking one of the team’s two chassis. With no spare available, Williams told Sargeant to take the weekend off and gave his car to Albon.
Sargeant also made a substantial contribution towards increasing Williams’ repair bill over the opening races, prompting speculation he might not even see out the season with the team. Vowles went a long way towards ending that speculation, stating he expects Sargeant will “continue to fight hard for us in the races ahead” this year.
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With one new driver already confirmed on the 2025 grid and another tipped to join, at least one of the existing racers must make way. Sargeant is on the market alongside drivers with significantly more experience than him, such as Kevin Magnussen and potentially Valtteri Bottas.
While the results simply haven’t been there for Sargeant, he has borne the pressures that comes with that admirably well. Barring an unexpected move to somewhere like Alpine, a team whose future is unclear, it’s unlikely he will be back on the grid next year.
Sargeant will therefore head into the second half of the season no longer under pressure to perform to save his seat. And if Williams finally produce their long-awaited upgrade, perhaps America’s most recent points-scoring driver might even get the chance to add to his tally before moving on.
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