Logan Hunter Sargeant (born December 31, 2000) is an
American
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racing driver,
who most recently competed in the
FIA Formula 2 Championship
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with
Carlin. He will compete for
Williams Racing
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in the
2023 Formula One World Championship
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, having graduated from the
Williams Driver Academy
The Williams Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Williams to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of ...
.
Early career
Karting career
Sargeant began his motorsport career in karting in 2008. In his first year, he competed in the Rotax Micro Max class in regional and national championships, finishing third in the Florida Winter Tour and the Rotax Max Challenge USA. Sargeant later moved to Europe, where he competed in the ROK Cup International Final, Trofeo Delle Industrie, and
WSK Euro Series
The WSK Euro Series is a European open kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2010. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KF2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have b ...
.
In 2015, Sargeant won the
CIK-FIA World KFJ Championship, becoming the first American to win an
FIA Karting World Championship title since Lake Speed in 1978. Sargeant secured his first senior karting title in the 2016
WSK Champions Cup
The WSK Champions Cup is a European kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2014. Today, the series holds championships in three karting categories: OK, OKJ and 60 Mini.
KZ2 Champions
KF Class/OK ...
, where he competed in the OK class.
Lower Formula Series
![Formula Renault 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Formula_Renault_2.0-Logan_Sargeant_%282%29.jpg)
In the winter of 2016-17, Sargeant made his single-seater debut in the
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Starting in the 2016–17 season, the all new Formula 4 UAE Championship was launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who acted as t ...
with
Team Motopark. Although he did not win any races, he was on the podium in fifteen of the eighteen official races and finished second behind teammate
Jonathan Aberdein
Jonathan Aberdein (born 14 February 1998) is a South African racing driver. He currently competes for Jota Sport in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.
He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Motopark. He ...
. In 2017, Sargeant joined
Carlin to run the
F4 British Championship
F4 British Championship (full name ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA, formerly known as F4 British Championship certified by FIA — powered by Ford (2016–21), MSA Formula (2015)) is a single-seater motorsport series based in ...
.
Having won two races at
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby. It hosted professional and club races, as well as testing, track days, driver training, exhibition ...
and
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...
, the American finished third in the standings behind his teammate
Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian racing driver who previously served as the reserve driver for Alpine F1 Team, having previously been in the team's driver academy. He won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with R-ace GP, and won ...
and the dominant champion
Jamie Caroline
James Lee Caroline (born 2 February 1999) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British GT Championship with Ram Racing.
Career
Karting
Ginetta Junior Championship
In 2014, Caroline made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Ju ...
.
Formula Renault Eurocup
In 2018, Sargeant made the full-time switch to the
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sp ...
with
R-ace GP
R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Italian F4 and ADAC F4.
History
R-ace GP was f ...
. In the season opener at
Paul Ricard
Paul Louis Marius Ricard (; July 9, 1909 – November 7, 1997) was a French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged in 1975 with its competitor Pernod to create Pernod Ricard. Ricard was also an environmentalist and t ...
he won his first race of his Eurocup career, and later in the season the American added victories at the
Nürburgring
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and the season finale in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
. With 218 points, Sargeant finished fourth behind
Max Fewtrell
Maximilian Bradley Fewtrell (born 29 July 1999) is a British former racing driver, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy and 2016 British F4 champion. He competed in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix alongside K ...
,
Christian Lundgaard
Christian Lundgaard (born 23 July 2001) is a Danish professional racing driver who is driving the No. 45 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar Series. He was the 2022 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, and was a member of the A ...
and
Ye Yifei
Ye Yifei (; born 16 June 2000) is a Chinese racing driver, 2016 French F4 champion, 2020 Euroformula Open champion, 2021 Asian Le Mans Series champion, 2021 European Le Mans Series champion, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy. In ...
. He also finished second behind Lundgaard in the rookie championship.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
2019
![FIA F3 Austria 2019 Nr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/FIA_F3_Austria_2019_Nr._31_Sargeant_1.jpg)
In 2019, Sargeant returned to
Carlin, this time in the
FIA Formula 3 Championship
The FIA Formula 3 Championship is a third-tier international single-seater racing championship and organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship launched in 2019 as a feeder series for the FIA Formula 1 W ...
. The American scored points on four occasions and finished 19th in the championship; his teammates,
Felipe Drugovich
Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian-Italian racing driver of Austrian descent who last competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 Euroformula Open champion and the 2022 Formula 2 champion.
...
and
Teppei Natori
Teppei Natori (Japanese: 名取鉄平, ''Natori Teppei''; born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver.
Career
Karting
Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.
Japanese F4
In 2 ...
, finished 16th and 24th respectively.
2020
For the
2020 season, Sargeant switched to
Prema Racing
Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...
, partnering
Frederik Vesti
Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. He is a member of the Mercedes Junior Team and the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European ...
and former British F4 rival Piastri. After three podiums, the American scored his first FIA F3 victory in the second feature race at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...
, as a result of which he also came into the lead of the championship. Sargeant's next win came in
Belgium
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, where he won the sprint race. However, he only managed to score eight points in the final two rounds of the series. Sargeant finished third in the standings, one point behind runner-up
Théo Pourchaire
Théo Jérôme Julien Pourchaire (born 20 August 2003) is a French racing driver, who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the ART Grand Prix team and the reigining Formula 2 vice-champion. He is currently a member of the ...
and only four points behind his teammate Piastri.
2021
![FIA F3 Austria 2021 Nr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/FIA_F3_Austria_2021_Nr._29_Sargeant.jpg)
On February 10, 2021, Sargeant announced that he would not progress to the
FIA Formula 2 Championship
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, citing financial reasons. In April, he took part in a pre-season F3 test with
Charouz Racing System
Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by .
History
In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600  ...
. Following that, he was announced as a driver for Charouz in the
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship. The first third of the season saw Sargeant score a pair of fourth-place finishes, including as a podium at the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.
The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...
, which he lost post-race due to track limit violations. His first podium of the season came in the first race in
Budapest
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, and he followed that up with another third place in
Belgium
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. At the first
Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...
race, Sargeant scored his season's best finish up to that moment, ending up second after having started from reversed-grid pole. Finally, the American achieved his only win of the season at the first race of the final round at
Sochi Autodrom
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, thus giving
Charouz their first victory in Formula 3. Sargeant finished the campaign in seventh place with 102 points.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
2021: FIA Formula 2 debut
Sargeant made his
FIA Formula 2 Championship
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debut in the
penultimate round of the
2021 season with
HWA Racelab
HWA Team, also known as HWA RACELAB, is the auto racing team of HWA AG, a German company based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.
...
. He finished the first race in 16th, but retired in the second sprint due to a mechanical problem. The American ended the aborted feature race in 14th position.
2022
![FIA F2 Austria 2022 Nr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/FIA_F2_Austria_2022_Nr._6_Sargeant.jpg)
On December 13, 2021, Sargeant was announced to be driving for
Carlin in the
2022 season alongside New Zealander
Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson (born 11 February 2002) is a New Zealand motor racing driver set to compete in the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen. Lawson, who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith, previously competed f ...
.
On July 3, 2022, Sargeant became the first American driver to win a Formula 2 race when he won the feature Race at the British Grand Prix.
On July 10, 2022, Sargeant won the Austria F2 feature race after two drivers in front of the American driver were penalized after the chequered flag.
Formula One
In October 2021, on the weekend of the
United States Grand Prix
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, Sargeant was announced to be joining the
Williams Driver Academy
The Williams Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Williams to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of ...
. He got his first taste of F1 machinery at the post-season test at the
Yas Marina Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke, and is situated on Yas Island, near Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Yas Marina was ...
, driving the
Williams FW43B. He described his first time in an F1 car as an "experience of a lifetime".
Sargeant made his Formula One practice debut with
Williams at the
2022 United States Grand Prix. He was the first American driver to take part in a weekend session since
Alexander Rossi
Alexander Michael Rossi (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional racing driver and podcast host. He currently competes full-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren SP. Rossi is best known for winning ...
in 2015. On his free practice debut,
Jost Capito
Jost Capito (born 29 September 1958) is a German former motorsport manager. Capito has been employed in various roles during his 30-year career, with his most successful role being Director of Motorsport at Volkswagen.
Motorsport
Capito's fi ...
, Williams' team principal, stated that his debut "was a pleasure and pressure for Sargeant". Sargeant drove the Williams again at the
Mexico City Grand Prix, the and the
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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.
Williams (2023–)
On the weekend of the
2022 United States Grand Prix, Capito confirmed that Sargeant would be driving for the British constructor in
2023
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if he obtained the necessary
Super Licence
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Requirements Super Licence
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points, which was to finish at least fifth (or sixth without any penalty points) in the F2 championship. Capito also mentioned that his US nationality was not key to the American's promotion. Sargeant officially clinched the required super licence points following F2's Abu Dhabi feature race. He is set to secure more F1 mileage over the winter with
Alpine
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* Alps, a European mountain range
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Australia
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, driving the
A521.
On November 21, 2022, it was announced that Sargeant would be driving alongside
Alexander Albon
Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์; , , born 23 March 1996) is a Thai-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Williams Racing, under th ...
, replacing Canadian
Nicholas Latifi
Nicholas Daniel Latifi (born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian racing driver who last raced for Williams Racing under the Canadian flag in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. Latifi made his Formula One debut at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix a ...
for the 2023 season.
Following the end of the 2022 season, Sargeant participated in post-season testing with the
Williams FW44 in Abu Dhabi. Sargeant chose 2 as his permanent driver number; the number had previously been used by
Stoffel Vandoorne
Stoffel Vandoorne (born 26 March 1992) is a Belgian professional racing driver who is currently racing for Dragon Racing in Formula E. He had previously competed in Formula One for McLaren from 2016 to 2018. He is currently a test driver of M ...
in and .
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Sargeant was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 British Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† As Sargeant was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
† Driver did not finish the race, but were classified, as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Macau Grand Prix results
Complete European Le Mans Series results
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
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Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Complete Formula One participations
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Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Florida
FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
Motopark Academy drivers
Carlin racing drivers
Prema Powerteam drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers
FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
HWA Team drivers
Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
British F4 Championship drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
R-ace GP drivers
Karting World Championship drivers