Logan Sargeant, the Williams rookie who made his debut this year, will actually enter Formula 1 a year earlier than planned, as he was originally supposed to make his Formula 2 debut this year as well.
However, the American speeded things up a bit and made it to the championship fourth placeWith some outside help—namely, with Latifi’s illness—the way was opened for him.
“We had a two-year plan with Logan in F2, I think everyone starts like that” – They betrayed him The original plans were drawn up by Williams’ sporting director. “Once the season started, we started to see the potential very quickly, especially at Silverstone and the races after that, and we knew maybe we shouldn’t do that for two seasons in F2. We didn’t tell him he had to win in Formula 2 or come second, it was It’s just about his development, the raw speed he showed over the lap and that he was mature enough.”
Sven Smits also spoke about Sargeant’s basic skills, which also contributed to his selection.
“With his development in training on simulators, in physical camps, and in media training, we saw that he would be one of our prospects by summer,” he added. “The season starts on tracks where there is not much room for error, like Australia or Saudi Arabia. In order to get to know the limits of the Formula 1 car, three days of testing will be one and a half days, and then you have to go straight to the race.”
“If the car is where we want it, then of course the first thing is to challenge your teammate, that’s the first task. If you’re in a position to fight for the points, that’s even better. But we can’t tell him in Bahrain that you have to beat Alex. I don’t think that would be very fair to him. But yeah, that’s the goal: to improve this season and use it to learn, so we can go into 24 in full strength,” he concluded with goals.
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