Logan Sargeant came into 2024 with a lot to prove having qualified behind his team mate in every round during his debut season and only taken a single point.
Williams left no one in any doubt about their estimation of their drivers’ capabilities when they gave their sole remaining chassis to Alexander Albon for the Australian Grand Prix – even though he was responsible for the damage to the other one. But he duly took the car to 11th place – a result Sargeant only matched once during his truncated season.
In Sargeant’s defence, he did not always have access to Williams’ latest parts. The team fell behind with its upgrade plan during the season and Albon invariably received the new hardware first.
However this was partly a consequence of the damage Sargeant incurred. Early in the season he crashed in practice at Jeddah and Suzuka, then endured an error-strewn race in Canada which ended with a crash.
Logan Sargeant
| Best | Worst | |
|---|---|---|
| GP start | 12 | 20 |
| GP finish | 11 | 20 (x2) |
| Points | 0 | |
He finally got his hands on Williams’ latest hardware at Zandvoort, in what proved to be his final appearance for the team. Sargeant carelessly ran onto wet grass during the final practice session and comprehensively destroyed his FW46, leaving the team with another extensive and expensive rebuilding job.
By this stage in the season Williams had already announced Sargeant would not keep his seat for 2025. Though there was no shame in being dropped for a driver of Carlos Sainz Jnr’s calibre, Williams’s decision to show Sargeant the door nine races before the end of the season to take a chance on an untried rookie was a damning verdict on his performance.
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