{"id":630281,"date":"2026-04-25T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630281\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:18:10","slug":"logan-sargeant-f1-exit-wasnt-interested-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630281\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Sargeant F1 exit: \u2018Wasn\u2019t interested\u2019 anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Sargeant admitted that he \u201cwasn\u2019t interested\u201d being in Formula 1 anymore as he reached the point of his career in the series ending.<\/p>\n<p>Two years on, Sargeant describes himself as \u201cdesensitised\u201d to Formula 1, having embarked on a new motorsport career in the world of endurance racing.<\/p>\n<p>Logan Sargeant was not interested in Formula 1 anymore<\/p>\n<p>Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetf1.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Sargeant, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States, made his Formula 1 debut in 2023 with Williams, as a graduate of the Grove-based team\u2019s driver academy.<\/p>\n<p>Sargeant would score just the one point across 36 grand prix starts. He was replaced by Franco Colapinto following the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>After making his return to racing the following year in sports cars, Sargeant has found a new home in endurance racing.<\/p>\n<p>Debuting at the 2026 World Endurance Championship season-opener at Imola \u2013 with Proton Competition \u2013 Sargeant will form one-third of Ford\u2019s 2027 Hypercar line-up.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/wec\/news\/why-logan-sargeant-doesnt-miss-f1-wec-debut\/10813675\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motorsport.com<\/a>, Sargeant was asked whether he misses his former life in Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d he declared. \u201cI\u2019m very desensitised \u2013 I guess is the right word \u2013 to F1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t care, to be honest. By the end of it, I wasn\u2019t interested to be there anymore after knowing the way that some of the teams work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, yeah, I was just happy to move over to the endurance side of the sport, a more enjoyable atmosphere, a more laid-back atmosphere and one where everyone\u2019s collaboratively working towards the same goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More on Logan Sargeant and Williams from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/logan-sargeant-f1-critics-williams-exit-ford-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Sargeant fires back at F1 critics after racing return<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/williams-f1-2026-fw48-overweight-carlos-sainz-big-bump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williams looking to overcome early F1 2026 setback amid FW48 weight and pace concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Sargeant was announced earlier this year to be part of Ford\u2019s 2027 Hypercar assault, Dan Sayers, the Ford Racing Hypercar Programme Manager, said that \u201cLogan brings a level of technical sophistication and high-downforce experience that is vital for a programme of this scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving an American back in a Ford at Le Mans feels right. It\u2019s a nod to giants like Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt, who showed the world in 1967 what happens when American grit meets global ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sargeant will be joined in the Ford line-up by 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Mike Rockenfeller, and Sebastian Priaulx.<\/p>\n<p>Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaUcBxk6BIEcgEnwDi1T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@planetf1com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/colton-herta-f1-dream-alphatauri-deal-collapse-cadillac-chance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colton Herta reveals \u2018very real\u2019 AlphaTauri chance left F1 dream fading<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Logan Sargeant admitted that he \u201cwasn\u2019t interested\u201d being in Formula 1 anymore as he reached the point of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,52087,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-630281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-logan-sargeant","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}