Williams F1's Sergeant Denies Ericsson's Rumors

Sergeant refutes Ericsson’s false rumors, emphasizing his strong relationship within Williams F1.

Recently, Marcus Ericsson claimed that Logan Sergeant was struggling at Williams F1 on a human level. The IndyCar driver even insisted that the American and his director, James Vowles, were no longer speaking. When questioned about this, the principal himself criticized the Swede’s statements.

“Marcus Ericson has a reputation for talking about other people without ever having a conversation with them in his life,” Sergeant fired back. “It carries no weight, it’s not true. I just had a conversation with James about twenty minutes ago.”

“The most important thing is that James and I both come here, we both want to do what’s best for the team, we are both working in the same direction to do what’s best for the team. And ultimately, what is best for the team is best for me. So it’s completely false.”

“The season hasn’t been particularly easy with the amount of things that have happened, both for me, you know, from a team perspective, we’ve had difficulties in some areas.”

“So of course, it can seem like our relationships have deteriorated, that’s how it looks from the outside, but yes, we’re getting down to work as usual and we continue trying to perform for the rest of the weekend.”

The American is excited to arrive at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend: “I love this circuit, but the weather often gets in our way! But it’s a great circuit, I’ve been coming here since Formula Renault. We’re making progress and we’ll continue to try to make it last this weekend.”

“We’ve handled changing conditions several times recently and we’ll continue. The circuit will suit the car better than Budapest but I don’t know where we’ll be. We can be optimistic that we have made the right decision.”

Alex Albon was annoyed on the radio in Hungary, due to strategy, and he admits he is less patient when he is driving than when he is outside the car. The missed opportunity was what generated his anger.

“I’m a different person in the car than outside. The frustration was mostly because we were ninth, we were in the points, and we had a car that was worth them if we did everything right,” the Thai driver stated.

“I think we missed that opportunity, it’s as simple as that. We don’t often score points, and if we miss them when we are in a position to do so, it hurts, and it wouldn’t be the case if we scored them often.”

“I know it was the wrong decision at the time, because we started on softs and at that moment, you have to be decisive. You have to pit very early and surprise everyone who wants to undercut, or extend as much as possible and wait for everyone to stop.”

“Honestly, in this midfield battle, the gap at most circuits between the Aston and the Sauber is just one and a half tenths. It’s very tight, and it all comes down to strategy. One thing can ruin the strategy, it’s interesting, but it all plays out in the details.”

He now hopes that Williams will have the advantage in Belgium: “I think so, the weather should be generally good. It will be cool, and this track is similar to Silverstone in many ways, so I don’t see why not.”