The “blunt truth” as at-risk F1 driver clings on to avoid midseason axe
"Many will objec💦t to this level of brutal honesty"

Logan Sargeant may appear to be in danger of l⭕osing his F1 drive midseason but Williams want to keep him around.
Sargeant will lose his seat at the end o𒁏f this season because Williams have impressively signed outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz.
Sergeant’s future could be cut evಌen shorter if he f𝄹ails to remain in his car until the final round of the F1 season.
“I’ve done everything possible, and will continue to do so, to give hi🐠m th🍨e platform where can do so,” Williams team principal James Vowles told the F1 Nation podcast.
“In other words, I want him to see 🐓out the season.
“I wanꦜt him. He is a Williams academy driver an♌d will remain a Williams academy driver.
“We have invested in him,✨ and I don’t just mean for two years in F1. I mean, also, in his F2 career and otherwise.
“We have a responsibility towards him.
“He deserves to be a🐓 Formula 1 driver. He’s one of the 20 best driver𝕴s in the world.
“As long as he earns it, he has a se🅘at. But he has to earn it⛎.”
Vowles add📖ed: “The blunt truth behind it, which I provided him with, is that Silverston🉐e and Budapest were a good job.
“He did move forward. He was seconds off Alex, who is ♈faster than people think.
“But in Spa? We weren’t there. We have to underst💫and why. What’s different? Will it apply t💯o future races?
“That is the b𝄹lunt truth behind it. Many will object to this level of brutal honesty.
“But I’d much rather he is given every opportunity and☂ knows where he has to improve, rather than a decision gets mad𝐆e from one day to the next without any influence from his side.”
After 14 rꦚounds, at the F1 summer break, Sergeant is one of three drivers without a single point this season (along with Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou).
The 23 year old is the only American driver in F1 currentlꦐy, but has been under pressure since his arrival.
His b🌞est result so far this season was P11 at the British Grand Prix.
It wasn’t enough to save his seat, however. Williams have confirmed that grand prix winner Sa🧜inz will partner Alex Albon next season.

James was a﷽ sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports,꧂ to football, to F1.