Williams rookie Sargeant was ‘100% positive my F1 desire was dead’ in 2021

Williams rookie Logan Sargeant thought his desire of racing in System one was “dead” when he returned to System three for a 3rd yr in the class two seasons back.

Having said that the 22-yr-aged will make his System one debut for Williams this yr. He has been promoted to the leading flight pursuing a one time in System two with Carlin.

Sargeant practically received the FIA F3 title in 2020 racing with Prema. He shed out to crew mate Oscar Piastri by just a few factors in the remaining spherical right after staying concerned in an incident in the remaining race.

In 2021 Sargeant returned to F3 with Charouz but was not a championship contender, using just a one race get on his way to seventh in the standings. He competed in stamina races in the European Le Mans Sequence and the Le Mans Cup in the exact yr and admits that he did not feel he would at any time access System one at the time.

“I was a hundred% positive it was lifeless at that stage, to be truthful,” Sargeant informed media which include F1 Triviaat the start of Williams’ FW45 livery. “At that stage I just imagined, ‘okay, it is likely to be heading in the direction of the LMP or IndyCar route’. Which at the time I was content material with.

“It was just my truth at the time, that is the place I felt like was my only two areas I could even now convert to. The F3 seat was just simply just to move some time and remain in a car or truck and enable a crew shift ahead, a diverse situation for myself. The LMP2 races, GT race, was just yet again a little bit of entertaining and get a little bit of expertise in stamina and sports activities car or truck racing. To be truthful I truly feel like it in the stop it was all particularly helpful and assisted me massively and so I’m happy I did it all.”

Gallery: Williams expose 2023 F1 liverySargeant joins System one as the 1st comprehensive-time American driver considering the fact that Scott Pace in 2007 and the 1st American to race in F1 considering the fact that Alexander Rossi in the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix. Immediately after Williams concluded tenth and final in the constructors’ championship in 2022, Sargeant has no outlined goal for what he would like to accomplish in his 1st time in F1.

“There’s absolutely no stage placing a numerical situation on it,” Sargeant explained. “I feel in the stop of the working day, I require to occur into this time inclined to study as significantly as I can, be open up, be adaptable, and in the long run that is how I’m likely to finally get the most overall performance I can out of the car or truck.

“Obviously, preferably [I want] to be on leading of it as shortly as attainable, if not straight away, and go from there. So I really do not want to place a day on it or anything at all. It is just likely to be about rapid-monitoring as significantly as I can.”

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