That was the query on viewers’ minds as Season 6 of the favored Netflix docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive — the present that made Americans care about Formula 1 auto racing — premiered final week. While many have been hyped to lastly see a U.S. driver featured in a present a few sport dominated by Europeans, they have been quickly upset, as Fort Lauderdale native Logan Sargeant bought solely a scant few seconds within the highlight.
Clad in a putting blue Williams Racing jacket, the towheaded driver does not even seem till the season’s fourth episode.
“I’ll be giving my all the pieces for everybody right here,” the 23-year-old newcomer vows to a room stuffed with Williams Racing workforce members, together with fellow driver Alex Albon of Great Britain. “[I’ve got] rather a lot to be taught for myself….I believe as a workforce, we’re transferring in the best route.”
After that? Nada, except for a fast introduction and temporary cameo in episode 9 of the ten-episode season.
True, Logan Sargeant had a rocky first season — a lot in order that F1’s PR machine describes him as “a [rare] commodity — a driver whose performances each fall and rise, usually in the identical weekend.” And true, he does not have a following to match Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.
But because the worldwide circuit’s lone U.S. driver and certainly one of a handful of recent faces on the grid, followers anticipated to see extra of Sargeant.
“The full disregard of the existence of Logan Sargent in two total episodes (E3 & E4) of the brand new season of #DriveToSurvive in regards to the battle between Williams and Haas is hilarious and a bit unhappy,” one consumer tweeted on X, the platform previously often called Twitter. “I imply I perceive he is ass however rattling.”
The full disregard of the existence of Logan Sargent in two total episodes(E3 & E4) of the brand new season of #DriveToSurvive in regards to the battle between Williams and Haas is hilarious and a bit unhappy. I imply I perceive he’s ass however rattling 😂 pic.twitter.com/C8jDki5e2J
— Pocho (@pochoisback) February 23, 2024
Another consumer quipped that Logan’s look was eclipsed by the display screen time devoted to Mercedes-AMG Petronas driver George Russell’s crash on the Singapore Grand Prix.
They’ve confirmed George Russell crashing in Singapore greater than they’ve confirmed Logan Sargeant lmao #DriveToSurvive
— eric (pisces) (@eandrews13) February 23, 2024
“Watching [Drive to Survive] simply to yell ‘LOGAN’ each time half of his face is within the background of a body,” wrote a 3rd.
watching dts simply to yell “LOGAN” each time half of his face is within the background of a body pic.twitter.com/XPfFT91e7i
— aly (@VeloandHar) February 24, 2024
Logan Sargeant in Drive to outlive https://t.co/kOIZqCGHHa
— Love On Out Now (@Megan12168) February 25, 2024
Born in Fort Lauderdale, Sargeant moved to Europe as a teen to pursue his racing desires. He proved himself a winner within the Formula 2 championship, the place he secured three podium finishes in 2022. He made his Formula 1 debut with the British F1 workforce Williams Racing in March 2023 on the Bahrain Grand Prix, the place he completed twelfth.
Months later, in May, he returned to his childhood stomping grounds in South Florida for the Miami Grand Prix.
In December, Williams Racing introduced that Sargeant will stay with the workforce for the 2024 Formula 1 season.
Although Sargeant now lives in London, he reportedly grew up watching NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and fishing off Florida’s coast along with his household and mates.
He roots for his hometown NFL workforce, the Miami Dolphins, in addition to the Florida Panthers. And like many South Florida natives, he has a favourite seaside eatery: Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale.