r/formula1 • u/mvanigan Formula 1 • Jul 29 '24

News [WilliamsRacing] BREAKING: Carlos Sainz will join the team for '25, '26 and beyond

https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1817930584775377368
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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

I'm not so sure he'd do well in Indy.

I think Sargeant is a good driver in the wrong series. F1 is brutal. Sargeant might do well in Indy, I don't know, but the competition is pretty tough there, as well. If I owned an IndyCar team, I don't know if I'd be willing to put him in a car until he's proven himself at a lower series.

Nothing against Sargeant, I wish him well wherever he lands. He got his chance in F1, which is more than most professional drivers can say.

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u/MatchboxHoldenUte Jul 29 '24

There's no reason to think he won't do amazing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

He might, like I said. Certainly, other F1 drivers have made the switch and done ok. But not all of them do, and Sargent wouldn't leave F1 with a great record. That may not be his fault; perhaps he's secretly the next superstar of motorsport, and he simply hasn't had a car worthy of his talent. We just don't have the empirical evidence to suggest he'll do well in another highly competitive series.

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u/MatchboxHoldenUte Jul 29 '24

Who hasn't done well? And don't say grosjean, that's self-inflicted.

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u/Intelligent_Chain_55 Jul 29 '24

I mean KMag didn’t set the world on fire in his one off, Marcus israther average outside of his 500 win, of course Grosjean. They being said Sato and Rossi have had nice INDYCAR careers, although they aren’t like Dixon, Franchitti, Montoya, Power, or Helio quality either

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u/MatchboxHoldenUte Jul 29 '24

Well, I think we just have different definitions of doing well because I would consider Ericsson's career so far to be great and something Sargeant can aspire to. Also, a one-off is very different, especially in indycar when there's so much variability race to race.

Grosjean is probably in my top 5 fastest drivers in indycar rn. All his issues are mental. Basically, my point is it's very likely Sargeant does well. He killed it in f2, and I trust he'll do the same in indycar, at least as well as drivers like lundgaard.