As Who knows Who Will get there First. Sargeant,
Herta, Neither?
Presumably by now, Y’all know about American FIA
Formula 2 driver Logan Sargeant’s upcoming Formula 1 drive this Friday at
Circuit Of The Americas in Austin. As Sargeant will participate in His maiden
(Free Practice) FP1 session for the eponymous Team Willy’, now simply Williams Racing
during this year’s U.S. Grand Prix.
Logan Sergeant
Carlin, #6
Born: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
DOB: 12/31/00, Age: 21
Cannot Help wondering, and Arse-suming that Floridian
Logan Sargeant must have crossed paths with Jupiter, Florida’s Oliver Askew and
Kyle Kirkwood during Thar formative Karting Day, even if briefly? As Logan
began Karting at Age 8 before going Across thoust Gory Puddle in 2009 to
compete Internationally.
Reportedly Logan became the latest Yank’ to win
the Karting World Championship in 2015, with the last Yank’ winner a FIA
Karting title being the unlikely Lake Speed in 1978! As Speed is primarily
known for His NASCAR career, having made 402 Starts between 1980-1998.
During the winter of 2016-2017, Sargeant
contested the Formula 4 UAE Championship for MotoPark in His Single Seaters
Debut. Scoring 15 Podiums from 18 Races, Logan finished Runner-up to teammate
Jonathan Aberdein.
Next Logan joined Carlin for the 2017 British
Formula 4 Championship, finishing third Overall with two wins behind F4 Champion
Jamie Carolin and Carlin teammate Oscar Piastri.
For 2018, Sargent joined R-ACE GP for the
Formula Renault euroCup season, winning on Debut at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Sargent then Bookended the season by winning the finale at Barcelona with a win
at the Nurburgring in-between. Finishing fourth Overall behind Championship
winner Max Fewtrel and others. Most notably finishing second in the Rookies Cup
behind a Bloke named Christian Lundgaard…
The following year, Logan returned to Carlin
for His Rookie FIA Formula 3 Championship campaign, in what can only be
considered a “learning” year, finishing a “Pedestrian” P19 Overall.
For 2020, Sargeant moved to Prema Racing and
scored His Debutant FIA F3 victory in the Silverstone Feature race! Then
followed this up by winning the Spa Sprint race. Yet ultimately finished third
Overall behind His once again teammate Piastri, who won the Championship by
four points. And Theo Pourchaire by a scant, single solitary point!
Sighting He wouldn’t be moving up to FIA
Formula 2 due to Financial constraints. Sargeant remained in Formula 3 with
Charouz Racing System, scoring His first of four Podiums, a third in Hungary. Then
another third at Spa, second at Zandvoort before His only win of the season at
Sochi. Finishing 7th Overall.
Logan also made His FIA Formula 2 Debut at Jeddah
for Hwa Racelab, before being confirmed at Carlin for His Rookie F2 campaign this
year last December.
On July 3rd, Sargeant “technically”
became the first American to win a Formula 2 race. Although I’m 98% certain
that former Yank’ GP2 Bad Arse Alexander Rossi would scoff at that superlative!
Since Rossi won four times in the Formula 1 Feeder series before graduating to
Formula 1…
Nevertheless, Logan won this year’s British FIA
F2 Feature race, before claiming His second Feature win a week later at the Red
Bull Ring in Austria, after the two drivers ahead of Him were Handed Penalties.
Exactly a year ago, at last October’s U.S.
Grand Prix in Austin, Logan was announced as a Williams Driver Academy member
and is set to make His Friday practice outing as part of the FIA’s mandated
running of two Young Drivers in a Friday practice session by All ten F1 Constructors.
As Logan’s Carlin F2 teammate Liam Lawson, a Red
Bull Junior Driver made His Friday practice F1 Debut for Scuderia AlphaTauri at
the Belgian Grand Prix. As the Kiwi’s also claimed two F2 wins this season…
As of Spa-Francorchamps, with two rounds
remaining, Sargeant trailed FIA F2 Championship leader Felipe Drugovich by a Healthy
margin of 76-points. And was third Overall behind Theo Pourchaire, some
33-points ahead…
As that would be the FIA F2’s Top-3 Finishing
order. As Drugovich clinched the F2 Championship during Saturday’s Feature Race
at Monza, when Pourchaire Failed to score enough Points to Deny the Brazilian
the title. Whilst Sargeant finished third Overall.
As next up will be Logan’s Friday FP-1 Outing at circuit Of The Americas, where possibly we’ll see two Yanks’ on the Formula 1 Grid briefly?
