Shock mid-season F1 driver swap prospect explained 

I would prefer to see Kimi proving himself in F2 first

You guys really do be making 10 minute videos out of social media rumourmongering. Literally nothing has happened.

“If” … and IF Max Verstappen’s Mum had balls she would be his Dad. Nuff said.

F1 : literally no news and nothing announced. The race:

We’re still talking about this? Mercedes and Williams both said it’s not happening. Serious twisting of words for the views.

From what I’ve heard Kimi isn’t really lighting the F2 field up. The FIA should just say no to the exemption. Theres no reason to change the rules.

I saw a short interview with James Vowles, asking the question whether Logan would be replaced. Vowles was very clear that it was not his priority, as he wants to focus on the car instead. He deems the car to be much more of a pressing issue in order to start winning points.

Why would Williams bother to resign Logan if they are going to axe him within 7 races? Moreover, the car has been underwhelming, to put it mildly.

Kimi: no podiums in F2 F2 champions without a seat: I'm a joke to you?

Thumbnail is a bit clickbaity 🤦🏻‍♂️ I thought it was officially announced.

He hasn't even scored a bloody F2 podium. Cool the jets.

This channel should be called THE RAG. They’re not really even news, just them whispering giggles and rumors.

Kimi isn’t exactly doing brilliantly in F2 though… no wonder Logan can’t get anywhere imagine his mindset with this endless assault from the media.

Bring Schumacher to Williams and give the guy another chance. Haas team and management were negative and rubbish for Shumis development.

Most surprising was that Sargeant started at all this year.

The question is why they decided to continue with Sargeant in 2024.

Williams doesn't have a driver problem this year, they have a car problem. In search of long term gains Williams has lost the 1 lap magic that Albon could extract in the past. Antonelli getting in a Williams this year will be good for his experience, but the hype around him will fall away because the car can't support the flashes of brilliance

If Kimi gets a seat before any of the other F2 champions the system is totally broken

funny how wolf is looking for kimi but was quick to criticise Günther letting go of Schumacher as if he would offer him the seat

Love the fact that everyone dunks on VCARB, for being so close to Red bull, yet when this stuff around Williams comes up- crickets..

Albon straight lines the chicane in Miami. Literally every British commentator/analyst: "Albon had his best lap deleted".

f4 to f2 is a huge jump, let him at least get used to that before putting him in f1. it’s like they want him to fail, the reason logan sargeant struggles is because he joined before he was ready, but somehow they’re fully prepared to make that mistake again

The bottom line is that 17 is too young. If something bad were to happen to him, the entire sport would look very bad indeed.

Logan just got 10th in Miami sprint and he’s caused less damage to his car than Alex. Not to mention the latest Logan crash was caused by kmag. I think the Williams car is to blame for no points so far this year by either driver.

Not happening

Still think Williams isn’t a Mercedes B-Team?

Is Logan the best the USA could come up with?

Kimi skipped F3 so he NEEDS a full F2 season as a stepping stone. There is no way he drives an F1 car this year. However a friday practice licence I can see though.

you say “his best lap was disqualified” as if cutting a corner should have been allowed?

Albon has more experience in F1 and hasn’t done anything in a Williams but Logan gets treated like shit?? Interesting

Mercedes and Williams need drivers who can develop a car. I can see an established driver filling both those seats over a young prospect with no experience.

a lot of contradicting statements in this video. But it seems that it is more likely that the enquire may have been an enquiry for a FP drive. Vowles stated categorically that Kimi “won’t be in the 2024 car”

Williams kind of did Sergeant dirty, but Kimi is now the new hotness so you'd expect them to try and nab him.

I would seriously question the integrity and credibility of Williams and Mercedes if they replaced Logan mid-season. Firstly, I thought Williams positioned themselves to not be Mercedes's B Team. Vowles presents the team in such an independent and upstanding manner. This move would shatter that perspective completely. Secondly, let Antonelli grow up and learn in F2. In my eyes, he doesn't exactly equal Max in his 'F1-readiness' back when he got into Toro Rosso. I think he'd be burnt at Williams at this stage. What if he even struggles in a similar way like Logan? The current and next couple Williams cars are no pre-2022 Mercedes. I hate that these driver swaps are becoming more and more common. They are reckless and just show that a team is incompetent in signing the right talent and standing up to their own decisions. The way Williams has treated Logan so far this season shows he is worth nothing to the team. Sure, he underperforms. But that is literally what he stood for before 24. So they went with him and were totally aware he'd need some development and help from the team, the same way Tsunoda received support. I'm not saying Logan is a Tsunoda. But you have to think about it this way when managing drivers. It's kind of a big mess, to be honest..

Why all the headwinds against the American driver? We all know he’s been dealt some crappy situations this year that were purely out of his control.

If the super licence is granted it will show further eurocentric thinking from F1. Another nail in the coffin of their claims and "reputation" for fairness.

FIA created this rule because they want drivers to use the F4, F3, F2, F1 progression since they own these series and want money from it. Nothing to do with age. F1 teams are better at determining drivers than FIA will ever be.

I'm not even American, but I love Logan. He has good personality, and I think he has skill, but couldn't show because of mistake. I want to see him least full 3 year like Yuki. Yuki was crashed alot in first and half of the second season but on 3rd hear5, he grew up and became fast

I think the FIA just know that drama sells. There isn't anything behind this. Kimi is still finding his feat in F2. Jumping to F1 at this point might be a negative more than a positive. Logans been bad, for sure.....but replacing his with Kimi now just doesn't have anything tangible behind it. This is a nothing story imo right now.

It's funny how bothered some people seem with this idea, when the current world champion was able to show his talent and land a seat in RB by entering early in the sport. Max didn't do F2 and had less titles and his overall performance was worse than Antonelli's. But now people are like "no, don't do it, he should stay in F2 for 2024 and 2025". Is it because he's a Mercedes driver? Because it sure looks like the usual Mercedes hate their drivers have been receiving in the last 10 years. For example Russell in Williams everyone was licking his boots, saying he was awesome, that Hamilton was super scared of him, that he was being blocked by Toto. Soon he became an official Mercedes driver, suddenly he was a villain, an arrogant posh kid, a British media puppet. Now Antonelli is being considered because he's an unusual talent and suddenly... "Nope, he shouldn't join F1, no way, let him be in F2 for two more years, Max is different because... I don't know why, I just hate Mercedes, wait, I wasn't suppose to say that out loud, it's because I don't want Kimi to be burned or something like that". lol

I don't see how this would benefit Williams. Their driver strategy has been a losing one for many years. The money they lose from Sargeant they may gain from Antonelli. Williams end up being the teacher for another teams driver and have to start again when he leaves. Williams would be better off with the increased money from a higher championship placing that a more mature driver can bring. Throwing a big, long term contract at Carlos Saintz (eg $150M 5years) would be a positive move for the whole team to push for more speed. At $10 million per place just for prizemoney, it is worth it.

I suspect this is a Friday practice request, it’s surely better to see how he gets on in a full F2 season.

With the FIAs current time scale of making decisions Kimi will be 25 before they give an answer

Funny how “independent” Williams are getting yet another Mercedes driver. Strange seeing how Wolff demands no collaboration between two teams. But the Vowles is a Mercedes puppet anyway. Who drives for Williams should have nothing to do with Mercedes at all. Williams would be better taking both Sauber drivers next year and dumping Albion seeing as he crashes so often.

Vowles has confirmed that Kimi will NOT be in the seat for Imola.

Given that every decision the FIA has made in recent times has been worthless, I fully expect they'll give Williams/Merc the go ahead to rush this child into F1 before he's even half baked and ruin his career. It's insane.

The problem is Sargeant just aint quick enough, end of

Ahh yessss on aston martin 1. Chadlonso 2. TBC (lance stroll) What a day 😂

These guys play loose and fast with definitions. You are right imminent does not mean early, but it means anytime soon. So toto probably meant that he won’t be in F1 anytime soon.

How is a new driver coming in and an existing driver going out a "swap"? Bringing Zhou to Williams and sending Sargent to Sauber until the end of the season would be a swap. Do they watch other sports? To me a swap or trade is 2 active athletes switching teams. I mean this isn't news anyway ("might be weeks, might be months, could be summer break, could be Monza, could be never") and Antonelli isn't even an F1 driver, he's too young and has no super licence. I also predict that Kimi Antonelli will drive in F1 (could be in testing as the mandated young driver, could be in FP1, could be in an actual race) at some point (could be weeks, months or years). Come back in the future to see how right I was.

There is just really nothing happening in F1. And people loosing their minds. 😅

I don't understand the reason for a mid-seasin driver change. If Alex is Logan's measuring stick; has Alex been that much more impressive than Logan this year? But, it you are going to replace Logan, then replace him with someone from your driver academy. Let Toto figure out his Antonelli mess on his own.

Must be frustrating to be in a team's driver academy and then get bypassed by someone's pet project driver.

Out of the question. One exemption means exemptions forever. FIA would be quite idiotic if it accepted it.

do a video on how George Russel is weaker than Carlos Sainz, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso, and Alex Albon.

Logan shouldnt have been taken on by Williams this year, but they couldnt afford to pay for anyone else 😂

Kimi should stay in F2 for a few seasons, it'd be a shame if he rises so fast only to fall just as quick due to the exceeding excessive demands of F1

his name isn't Kimi. his name is Andrea Antonelli - Kimi is a middle name. referring to him as Kimi is putting undue pressure on him

Will any indycar drivers be allowed in F1. Palou and O’ward are both reserve drivers and absolutely talented enough but kept seemingly getting screwed

They already said it's not happening. Both Wolff as well as Vowles.

sargeant hate is too much, he hasn't even finished his second season. unless he does a nyck de vries should he be let go and nyck's firing IMO was too early, but at least they could get Ricciardo. Willlaims have an super-hyped 17 year old who won't even have an F2 season under his belt

I don't think he'll have a drive in a competitive session of F1 this season

And the really interesting thing is all these points that are holding Kimi up from getting into F1 this year....were because of Max and how he got into F1.

a bit off topic but older f1 cars in current livery looks oddly good

since nobody wants to sign up for a 1 year place holder contract at Mercedes, they should swap Logan to Mercedes and Andrea to sign up at Williams for 2025

Swap Sargent with Mick Schumacher, easy peasy

Give the kid a chance to develop… my god

Why is it a shock that a F1 Team changes driver mid season, it happens pretty often lately

American sponsorship money is the only reason why Sergeant has a seat. Williams won’t be letting go of that lightly

I have to wonder: Why can't teams train their drivers as they see fit? The only take-away I get from this video is that the F1 system is so fouled up with red tape and regulations that it barely functions anymore.

Except for "prospect explained", this was close to click-bait The Race..

Williams wants to give Antonelli a try in Canada. Imola: too much pressure for an Italian. Monaco: too much of a distraction for a Monao start. Canada: perfect. And during a break in the F2 schedule.

The Mercedes idea for Max is wild, unless they get rid of Russell eventually it makes no sense.

don't take a drink every time you hear an if, but, maybe, or unless.

As the famous saying says: if my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike...

sargeant had a good weekend in miami

When will people stop milking this matter? Toto already made clear during the Miami GP weekend that they haven't requested a dispensation (which wouldn't get handed anyway) & that they aren't going to rush with him, so still claiming otherwise is contradictory. Additionally, people should remember that Sargeant is a clear-cut priority, so even a 2025 drive is literally his to lose rather than something he's guaranteed to lose in any case & as the Miami GP weekend as a whole was positive for him, pace-wise & otherwise (& not getting an end-result for the race wasn't even his fault, so irrelevant for the big picture), he'll definitely guarantee himself a third season if he can keep up an upward trend as the season progresses further. All in all, Antonelli should've never even become part of silly season considerations in the first place, given his questionable readiness to even compete in F1 after a single F2 campaign, let alone during this season, so continuing in F2 for another year in any case (assuming he doesn't win the championship) would ultimately be the wisest resort for his career development. Finally, even if Williams eventually wanted to replace Sargeant, they'd more likely & realistically offer someone like Bottas a drive, given his vast experience & past familiarity with the team as midfielders need two consistently performing drivers to maximize opportunities, so replacing Sargeant would make sense only if it were for a driver who'd definitely be an improvement from him & perform consistently alongside Albon, which Bottas would guarantee already beforehand, but someone like Antonelli not necessarily. Even Zhou would be a comparatively safer option. Finally, while Antonelli could theoretically participate in the Dutch GP race, this would only require practice participation as driving a practice session doesn't require an actual super license & is alone enough for race participation, even if not taking part in qualifying, but practically, Italian GP is the earliest viable. However, an in-season change is equally still a pointless speculation, as Sargeant will most certainly see out the season in any case, & even more so if an upward trend remains.

Yes Logan was 'thrown' into the seat, but, I don't think more time out of F1 would've made a difference. You see immediately if there is a foundation to be competitive in F1 e.g. Bearman. I think he'd do great in Indy and could possibly win that series, F1 is just such a different beast and I feel LS was never going to adapt.

Kimi has to beat Bearman first. Sargeant went to f1 too soon and we see the results. He is still young. Even 21 is a young age for an high performance sport

So Sargent is struggling because he was rushed into F1 to fast. So, lets do the same thing with Antonelli! 🤔

Antonelli turns 18 on the day of the Dutch GP, so I expect him to be in the Williams at the Italian GP.

What I heared (from a Bulgarian news site that reports all news related to motorsport) is: Mick during the Silvestone test had a different program compared to Kimi. Mick did 350 laps with full tank of gas and on hard tires. And Kimi was with soft tires and with little fuel and run as much as he wanted... In the end they could have not made any comparison between both drivers because there were running on different programs. How legit is this I don't know or can tell!

Why do drivers need a driving licence to race? All it demonstrates is that you can obey the driving laws in your specific country and has little to no relevance in racing.

If it happens, then I love to see Antonelli vs Bearman in F1

They (williams teamboss) already said in interview that they will not change drivers... how much more official does it need to be ?

You guys remember when they wouldn't bend the rules as written for Colton Herta to get a super license? I remember and it's going to be exactly the same here.

Even if Williams get Kimi AND he turns out to be good, that just puts williams in a shit posiiton, since their just going to lose him to Merc whenever Merc wants him, then they need a new driver and restart all over again. Its a crap position for them either way for such short term(maybe) gain. Though with Logan im sure it makes this that much easier of a thing to decide.

Williams needs to focus on it's car and stop using Logan as a scapegoat

I think if Logan would stop being involved in crashes and just finish races (poor performance or not), he would easily be good for the year. Instead he’s having poor performances AND costing the team millions in repairs. Williams should really consider Antonelli. His F2 stats shouldn’t worry. He’s a very sensible driver that gets to the finish line, which is what Williams needs.

You have to have a driving licence to get a super licence? That's a terrible rule

I'm surprised Mick doesn't get more of a shot at that Williams seat.

2:20 Shouldn't an elite driver's balance be better than this?

It's absolutely not a shock. Anyone that even remotely follows F1 knows that it's not a shock

I always find myself leaving this Chanel’s videos quarter way through, just rambling in circles about rumours for way to long

Why is he being so heavily promoted, when his results in F2 are so lacklustre? What’s the agenda?

I feel like folks should give Logan some time. He could be a good driver. And. He could pull the American crowd towards F1!!!

LOL....William keeping Sarg is ridiculous.

He skipped F3 and he's underperforming in F2 because of this... skipping ahead to F1 will likely ruin the poor kid's career.

Why do you need a regular driving license? Seems like a hilariously silly rule.

I don't really understand the hype on Antonelli. He smashed F4, skipped F3 and not really doing super in F2. I don't think hes ready for F1 and even if he got into Williams hes not going to be doing super. If we look at Max he was very good in F3. Oscar was F3 and F2 champion and you can see he got into F1 and hit the ground running right away. Kimi would be struggling....