{"id":350990,"date":"2023-12-01T23:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350990"},"modified":"2023-12-02T07:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T07:02:43","slug":"f1-musical-chairs-complete-after-williams-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350990","title":{"rendered":"F1 musical chairs complete after Williams signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American rookie Logan Sargeant will remain with the Williams F1 team next year despite a difficult first season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliams Racing is delighted to announce that Logan Sargeant will continue to drive for the team for the 2024 Formula 1 season,\u201d the British team said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining the 22-year-old Sargeant for a second campaign completes the 20-driver grid for next season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/australian-open-2023-rachel-lee-chasing-professional-golf-dream-exclusive\/17035ef7-5214-4a0c-abd9-5f1e4d0f056c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Her friends in class, teen phenom chases &#x27;the dream&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2023-nick-kyrgios-reveals-depths-of-mental-health-struggles-thanks-andy-murray-for-support\/d1833de9-039f-4e9f-9246-b54e9b8e5436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrgios thanks great for &#x27;spotting signs&#x27; of harm<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/olympics\/games-paris-2024-athletics-cameron-myers-jye-edwards-exclusive\/4c08d042-8b83-4f60-a3cd-590209df9b0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Aussie whiz-kid&#x27;s close-to-home Olympics hurdle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sargeant scored only one point in the 2023 season, which saw a series of expensive crashes and dismal results. He will continue to race alongside Alex Albon with the London-born Thai\u2019s seat already confirmed with Williams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/f13st_ella\/status\/1730640188496339325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/f13st_ella\/status\/1730640188496339325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LillieL_F1\/status\/1730628484278452661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LillieL_F1\/status\/1730628484278452661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an incredible journey with the team so far, and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue developing as a driver within such a talented and dedicated group,\u201d Sargeant said. \u201cWe have exciting plans for the future, and I can\u2019t wait to contribute to the team\u2019s success in the coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sargeant claimed his first point in Formula One after Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were both disqualified from the United States Grand Prix in Austin in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLogan has demonstrated immense skill whilst under the pressure of the world stage, making him a perfect fit for our team,&quot; Williams team principal James Vowles said. &quot;We have great confidence in his abilities and believe that together we can achieve even greater success in the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albon finished the year with 27 points to help Williams land seventh in the constructors\u2019 championship, the team\u2019s best result in six seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d7fc730c-3f89-487e-8a3a-e2a53ef224ec\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d7fc730c-3f89-487e-8a3a-e2a53ef224ec\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3395\" data-height=\"2263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of Williams&#x27; full line-up means the 2024 grid is now complete, with the only change from the 20 drivers who started the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix being Daniel Ricciardo, who replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri midway through the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Formula 1 season will start in Bahrain on March 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>American rookie Logan Sargeant will remain with the Williams F1 team next year despite a difficult first season. \u201cWilliams Racing is delighted to announce that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350990\" title=\"F1 musical chairs complete after Williams signing\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=350990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350993,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350990\/revisions\/350993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/350992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}