Competing in your hometown always adds extra pressure for athletes. But for U.S. driver and Fort Lauderdale native Logan Sargeant, racing in the 2023 Miami Grand Prix—as the first American since ’15 to earn a seat on the F1 circuit—brings about a different level of expectation. With the championship’s massive spike in popularity and a wait of more than seven years for a U.S. driver, the 22-year-old is carrying the hopes of many American fans on his shoulders.
Though Sargeant has Florida roots, his family moved to Lugano, Switzerland, 10 years ago, in an effort to give Logan and his older brother, Dalton, better opportunities in racing in Europe. The move paid off, as Sargeant worked his way from F4 UAE and British F4, to F3 and eventually F2, where enough wins secured the points required to graduate to F1. The Williams Racing rookie and part-time surfer has only four F1 races under his belt, and he’ll be in search of his first points of the year, after earning his seat for this season in late November 2022, following the final round of the Formula 2 season.
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