In the round-up: Williams team principal James Vowles says Logan Sargeant has improved his performances this season, despite the team’s decision to replace him.
In brief
Sargeant still improving – Vowles
Williams announced on Monday that Carlos Sainz Jnr will replace Sargeant in their line-up next year. However Vowles said their outgoing driver has raised his game in recent rounds.
“Logan is a part of the Williams Academy, he’s one of the 20 best drivers in the world on the Formula 1 grid, and over the last few races, I hope you can see the progress that he has been making with the team,” he said in a video released by the team.
“We have a responsibility towards him. He is still a professional racing driver. He’s earned his place in motorsport and we’ll do what it takes for him in order to be a professional racing driver in his future career.”
Current field “elite” – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton describes the strength of the current Formula 1 field as “elite” with over half the field having at least one grand prix victory.
“It’s really fantastic, I think, for the sport to be having such close teams and drivers,” Hamilton said.
“The pedigree of drivers at the top today are really elite and amazing. We didn’t expect to be competing with the McLarens or the Red Bulls at this point in the season, with how we started off. So for us to now have closed up, it’s going to be one hell of a second half of the season for sure.”
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