It's most definitely not his fault. He wasn't ready. He isn't ready. Maybe if he had had another year, we would be looking at the future of F1, but a combination of James and Williams American Sponsors left Logan with one opportunity that he was never going to get ever again.
It's devastating, and it's tragic, and it is reality.
Logan Sargeant deserved a real, fair chance in F1. Williams wasn't that. Not with the TP crooning about the first driver constantly, about how the first driver is going to be the one the team focuses on.
But he gives Logan a second chance.
Or, rather, based on what has been coming out of late, the American Sponsors give him another chance. And in retaliation, the TP spends the entirety of the rest of the season essentially making it clear to everyone that while Logan has the second seat, he was never James's first choice.
But what the Williams team weren't prepared for is the fact that the American Sponsors weren't wrong for keeping Logan in the seat for another year. Just on here and even on Instagram (screw X, the demon child), the support, if anything, grew.
Because you talk about dignity and then you take away his car.
You talk about skill and then the driver you replace him with doesn't score points.
You talk about talent, but the driver you're replacing him with has been in Red Bulls and Ferraris. One would hope that he is skilled.
You don't talk about the fact that the whole world is watching you publicly embarrass someone whom you yourself say you have a "duty of care" for.
You don't talk about the fact that maybe Logan would have stood a chance if the Feedback actually came from you instead of the pretty little sentence on the radio at the end.
So unfortunately, but realistically, Logan Sargeant is out of F1.
But his legacy will live on. He is the first American to score points in 30 years. He is the reason people on this website and across the media were able to clock that Mr. Nice Guy is just a very good act.
He's the reason so many Americans did start tuning in.
He's one of the reasons that the conversation about the way drivers are treated in this sport is a conversation that isn't going away.
It's not the legacy he had in mind, but it is an important one.
So thank you, Logan, for paving the way. You're in the record books, and we appreciate what it took for you to get there.
