Jost Capito, Williams’ bossconfirmed this Friday, in the middle of the GP of the United States, that Local driver Logan Sargeant, a member of the Grove team’s young talent program, will move to Formula 1 in 2023 with Williams, replacing Nicholas Latifi if in the final race in Abu Dhabi he gets the points he needs for the FIA to grant him a super license (required to drive in F1).
The American driver, born in Boca Raton (Florida), is currently 3rd overall in the Formula 2 World Championship with just one event remaining, in Abu Dhabi, and is initially worth finishing in the Top-5 this year for get what you want. super license. The North American has a good chance to achieve this, but he should not rest. Logan is third with 135 points, just 9 more than his three pursuers: Doohan, Daruvala and Enzo Fittipaldi, all with 126. In addition, Lawson has 123 and Vesti has 117 points. Therefore, a bad race in Abu Dhabi could take him away from his dream of driving an F1, something closer than ever.
However, Williams will make it easier for him by giving him some free practice sessions to add more points. Logan made his F1 free practice debut this Friday, at FP1 in Austin, making no mistakes and completing the planned programme. His confirmation came a day later and Williams confirmed that the American will participate in two more free practice sessions. Each free practice played in F1 without an accident gives another point for the extra licenseso Williams will want to help him in his cause by giving him two more sessions (the third of the year) and also the chance to shoot at the Abu Dhabi young drivers test.
With the 30 points he starts with on the course, plus the 3 he will get from the free practice sessions he will play throughout the course, he could have 33matter This would allow him to get a super license finishing 7th in the Formula 2 World Championship. Vesti is currently in 8th place, 18 points behind Sargeant.
Williams studied other drivers to have a ‘Plan B’ and names like Mick Schumacher, pending his renewal with Haas, or the Italian Antonio Giovinazzi, but Jost Capito confirmed that all in Sargeant’s hands.
“We will give Logan more opportunities in Mexico and Abu Dhabi, both in free practice and in the young driver test, we want to support Logan to achieve the Superlicense,” said Sven Smeetd, Williams’ sporting director.
This year Nick de Vries got a rebound seat in AlphaTauri, by chance standing for Albon in Monza and showing a great performance. And now, Sargeant has the chance of a lifetime to step up to F1 even if he doesn’t win any of the promotion’s formula categories. This shows how ‘cheap’ this year it is to find a seat in F1 for drivers in the right place, more so than at other courses.
Source: La Verdad
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