Who is Logan Sergeant? The United States driver who will make his Formula 1 debut with Williams in practice for his country’s GP

Throughout its history the Formula 1 It has always been the core class of motorsport worldwide, although it has never been able to break in as strongly USA as in the rest of the world.

There was many races were held on North American soillocal riders and even world champions representing this land at different times such as Phil Hill and Mario Andrettibut F1 logic has always seemed foreign to racing territory oval circuits, NASCAR and Indycar.

However, this seems to be changing in recent years, since the American company Liberty Media bought F1 and manages its commercial part. Several factors brought the North American public very close to Formula 1 with success and without the need for a local pilot.

This last point may be close to over, because at least in training the next one United States Grand Prixto be played between October 21 and 23 in Austin, Texas, there will be a local representative: it will be Logan Sargeant in a Williams FW44.

Sergeant, confirmed by Williams as one of its two drivers for first practice of this Grand Prix instead of Alex Albon or Nicholas Latifi, he will be the first American driver to take part in an official F1 GP race since Alexander Rossi run it 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix in a squad car Manor Marussia.

Who is Logan Sergeant?

Sergeant Logan is a 21-year-old American pilot, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who today stands out in Formula 2. He is third in the championship, having won races in Great Britain and Austria and achieved two more podium finishes. He is 61 points behind leader Felipe Drugovic.

Sargeant competed for several years in kart championships (he was world junior champion in 2015) until he made his debut in single-seater United Arab Emirates Formula 4. He then competed at European level, with victories in British F4 and different categories formula renault until in 2019 it reached the Formula 3.

In 2020 he finished third in the championship after achieving two victories and in 2021 he was seventh, in a year that also made her Formula 2 debut and competed in endurance races in the Michelin Le Mans Cup and the European Le Mans Series.

In late 2021 Sargeant joined the Williams Team Driver Academy of F1 and therefore took part in the year-end new driver test day in Abu Dhabi, with more than 90 laps in the Williams FW43B.

With the support of Williams, in 2022 Sargeant participates in Formula 2 with the British team Carlin, one of the most outstanding in the class. managed to be the the first American driver to win race in Formula 2.

Who was the last American driver in Formula 1?

Alexander Rossitoday in Indycar, he was the last American in F1: raced five Grand Prix of 2015, all with the Manor Marussia team. His best result was a 12th place at the United States Grand Prix.

The last American driver to complete a season in Formula 1 was Scott Speed– He made his debut at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix as a test driver for Red Bull and played the entire calendar of 2006 and half of the 2007 tournament as a driver for Toro Rossountil he was replaced by Sebastian Vettel. failed to collect points at the time this was achieved by the top eight in each race.