Vowles' "blunt truth" to Sargeant on if he will continue to race in 2024

Vowles ready to give "brutal honesty" to Sargeant

It has been a tough two years in the premier class of motorsport for Sargeant. He has been in the shadow of his teammate Alex Albon who has outperformed in nearly every aspect. Mistakes and crashes have also hampered him during his time behind the wheel, with basic errors still occurring after his rookie season in 2023. During the Australian Grand Prix, Albon's car was damaged beyond repair for the rest of the Grand Prix weekend, and the American was forced to give up his car and let the Thai-British driver use it for qualifying and the race, almost sealing Sargeant's fate at Williams.

Team boss Vowles has also been very vocal on Sargeant's poor stretch of results in both 2023 and 2024, coming out and saying that if his results do not improve, he will not be hesitant to replace him with another driver. Vowles was asked about this again while speaking on the F1 Nation Podcast, but he neither confirmed nor denied whether his driver will continue in F1 for the rest of the season.

"As I have said time and time again, I have done everything possible, and I will continue to do so to give him the platform where he can [finish the 2024 season]," started the Williams team principal. "I want him to see out the season. I want him, he's a Williams Academy driver, he will remain a Williams Academy driver. As long as he earns it, he has a seat, and he has to earn it."

"I would say the blunt truth behind it, which I provided him is that he really did move forward at Silverstone and Budapest. But in Spa, we weren't there, and we have to understand together why. That's the blunt truth behind it. Many will take objection at this level of what I call brutal honesty on things. But I much rather that he is given every opportunity but knows where he has to improve rather than a decision gets made from one day to the next without any influence from his side," concluded Vowles.