Ex-Williams driver Juan-Pablo Montoya believes that Logan Sargeant is underneath no illusions about his F1 future, even when his workforce has but to verify its remaining resolution to the American.
Sargeant was promoted to F1 in 2023 by former Williams workforce boss Jost Capito after a robust marketing campaign within the FIA Components 2 Championship.
Nevertheless, the younger gun’s rookie 12 months within the sport proved difficult as he constantly struggled to match the tempo of his teammate, Alex Albon.
Sargeant was comprehensively outscored by the fast Anglo-Thai racer by a margin of 27 factors to 1. Qualifying classes additionally proved one-sided, with Sargeant failing to outqualify Albon even as soon as.
Williams nonetheless handed the younger man from Fort Lauderdale a second probability. However whereas his relative efficiency has improved, outcomes have as soon as once more been onerous to come back by for the 23-year-old, whose efforts stay blemished with too many errors.
Montoya has joined a refrain of pundits who imagine that Sargeant’s destiny at Williams is signed and sealed.
“He already is aware of, though they haven’t formally advised him but that he’ll not stick with the workforce,” the 48-year-old advised W Radio Colombia.
“The second they inform him: ‘Look, thanks very a lot for the previous years, we gave you the chance, nevertheless it didn’t work, what a disgrace’, they’ll additionally inform him to loosen up and give attention to his future.
“Then Logan will loosen up much more, he’ll not struggle for that seat and it is going to be actually troublesome for him to remain in Components 1.
“If I had been him, I might first discuss to everybody to see whether or not there may be curiosity from one other workforce. However I might additionally begin IndyCar, WEC and different choices for subsequent 12 months.”
In hindsight, Sargeant’s commencement to F1 was warranted based mostly on his robust ends in the game’s feeder collection. However Montoya believes the latter aren’t any indication of future success on the highest stage.
“He’s had a troublesome time and it’s troublesome. If you happen to have a look at his performances in F3 and F2, he was superb,” added the seven-time Grand Prix winner.
“It’s unhappy as a result of if you happen to ask Albon, he’ll say Sargeant may be very quick, he does very properly, however he makes numerous silly errors.”
One other worrying improvement relating to Sargeant’s state of affairs is the FIA’s current resolution to decrease the age restrict for an F1 superlicence to 17, underneath sure circumstances.
This opens the door for extremely rated Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who turns 18 in August, to be slotted into the American’s seat at Williams, presumably as early as subsequent week’s Austrian Grand Prix.
With Williams’ plans to beef up its driver line-up in 2025 and Sargeant’s underwhelming efficiency, his time in F1 seems to be ending sooner moderately than later.
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