Jost Capito declared "the time is right" for Logan Sargeant to make his mark with Williams in Formula 1 as he explained the wisdom behind the team's 2023 driver pairing.
Next year Sargeant will become the first American driver in 15 years to hold an F1 race seat. He will spend his rookie season in the sport as team-mate to Alexander Albon, who has a year with the team under his belt and several more in F1 overall.
The decision to promote the Florida native came at the expense of a fellow North American. Nicholas Latifi, of Canada, spent three seasons with the team but did not do enough to convince those in charge that he was deserving of a contract extension.
