Logan Sargeant silenced those who may be doubting the American's readiness to be on the Formula 1 grid with an excellent first ever racing lap in the sport.
Sargeant is the first driver from the US to race in F1 for several years, while no American has held a full-time race seat since Scott Speed's final start for Toro Rosso in 2007. He was promoted by Williams for the 2023 season to replace the outgoing Canadian Nicholas Latifi.
Granted, he was not the team's first choice. A loan-style deal was being worked on to put Oscar Piastri in the car this year and, after that fell through, Williams tried to coax Nyck de Vries into joining but he chose AlphaTauri.
