Felipe Drugovich emerges in frame to replace struggling Logan Sargeant at Williams for F1 2024

Felipe Drugovich has emerged as the latest candidate to join the race for the final F1 seat left on the 2024 grid at Williams. 
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Practice
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand…

The 2022 Formula 2 champion and current Aston Martin reserve dri💟ver has been “negotiating for weeks” with Williams, according to Swiss publication . 

Durgovich is said to be putting his case forward to replace the struggling 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant, who experienced a miserable Japanese♔ Grand Prix weekend.

Sargeant’♛s place at Williams 😼has been uncertain for some time and his latest crash in qualifying at Suzuka will have done little to help his bid to retain his seat for a second campaign. 

Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing FW45 crashed out of qualifying. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing FW45 crashed out of qualifying. Formula 1 World…

Respected F1 jouﷺrnalist Roger Benoit reported last week that Williams would not entertain the prospect of dismissing Sargeant before his up🅷coming pair of home races at Austin and Las Vegas. 

But the American rookie’s seat appears to be increasingly under threat, despite the patience and𒀰 support Williams team principal James Vowles has repeatedly shown to him publicly. 

Rumours that Drugovich, who is well-backed financially, could be in the🤪 frame for a 2024 drive with Williams are gathering momentum. 

The 23-year-old Brazilian unsuccessfully tried to rival 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu for a s♔eat at Alfa Romeo before the Chinese driver was re-signed for a th꧋ird season. 

Felipe Drugovich (BRA) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR23, Reserve and Development Programme Driver. Formula 1 World Championship,
Felipe Drugovich (BRA) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR23, Reserve and Development Programme Driver…

Schumacher and Lawson out of the running 

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher had be🦄en hoping to seal a return to the F1 grid on a full-time basis next yeꦜar.

But his hopes appear to have been dashed a𝓀mid reports that Williams boss Vowles after a plea from💧 Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. 

Instead, Schumacher looks set to combiꦿne his Mercedes F1 reserve role alongside a pote🗹ntial World Endurance Championship drive with Alpine. 

Elsewhere, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson has seemingly 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ruled himself out from moving t🧜o Williams on loan, despit🏅e missing out on a full-time seat with AlphaTauri for 2024. 

Lawson has impressed Red Bull as a stand-in for the injured 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo, who will be kept on alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri next season. 

Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri on the drivers' parade. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka,
Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri on the drivers' parade. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17,…

21-yea🎃r-old Lawson is now set for a year on the sidelines in a testꦏ and reserve role for Red Bull. 

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted during the Japanese Grand Prix weekend that Williams are168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “unlikely” to take Lawson on for just one season. 

Lawson, meanwhile, made it 🤪clear that he's “a R🐼ed Bull driver” and “all the Red Bull seats are filled”. 

Red 🦋Bull are rumoured to have promised Lawson a full-time seat for 2025 - either at﷽ the senior team, or sister team AlphaTauri. 

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