America’s long absence from Formula One ended on Sunday as Williams Racing’s Logan Sargeant bested his fellow rookie drivers at the opening grand prix of the season in Bahrain. Sargeant’s appearance on the grid signaled the end of a dry streak for the United States on the Formula One grid. Sargeant also finished two places higher than the grid’s other rookie: Alpha Tauri driver Nyck de Vries – who he chased down in the closing stages of the grand prix. Within three laps, Sargeant’s new softs caught up to de Vries’ old hards and he made the easy pass. By lap 48-of-57, Sargeant had finished a prolonged battle with Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu to move up into P12. Albon finished the race in P10, just two places ahead of Sargeant but in the points – the first points for Williams under new team principal James Vowles.

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