Logan Sargeant says he does not feel any weight of expectation as a result of being the first American to have a full-time Formula 1 seat for 16 years. Sargeant, 21, said: “I have prepared the best I can to be the best driver I can possibly be. Sargeant will be the first American driver to have a full-time F1 race seat since Scott Speed at Toro Rosso in 2006-7. Asked whether being an American was a factor in his being chosen by the team, Sargeant said: “I like to think it is a happy coincidence. “I feel like I’ve had a very good junior formula career. “I feel like I’ve had a good three or four months of build-up knowing it’s a possibility,” he said.

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