Former F1 driver Logan Sargent will compete within the World Endurance Championship’s hypercar class in 2017 as a Ford driver.
At Ford Racing’s presentation in Detroit on Thursday evening, the American crew introduced that Sargent will be part of current manufacturing facility drivers Mike Rockenfeller and Sébastien Priaulx within the hypercar class.
The 25-year-old American competed in 36 Grands Prix with Williams from 2023 to 2024 earlier than being changed for the ultimate 9 races of the 2024 season.
After retiring from F1, Sargent took half within the Bahrain WEC rookie check in November and likewise competed within the IMSA Sports activities Automobile Championship LMP2 class.
Sargent plans to enter sports activities automobiles in earnest in 2027.
“Logan brings a degree of technical sophistication and excessive downforce expertise that’s important for a program of this dimension,” mentioned Dan Sayers, head of Ford LMDh.
“I believe it is the proper factor to have Individuals again at Ford at Le Mans. It is a tribute to giants like Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt, who in 1967 confirmed the world what occurs when American grit meets world ambition.”
What did Sargent do unsuitable in F1?
The massive accident at Zandvoort was the final straw.
Sargent solely achieved one level end in his quick F1 stint, scoring his remaining factors on the 2023 United States Grand Prix with a tenth place end.
The Florida-born racer got here below strain after a poor efficiency in 2024 and was finally dropped for the second half of the season in favor of Franco Colapinto.
Sargent suffered a number of severe crashes throughout his time in F1, together with an enormous crash within the third apply of the Dutch Grand Prix that pressured him to overlook qualifying.
The incident prompted Williams crew principal James Bolles to talk to Mercedes and Purple Bull concerning the availability of a number of the drivers on their roster.
Sargent completed sixteenth at Zandvoort, which was his final F1 race earlier than his dismissal.
