{"id":21497,"date":"2023-02-07T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=21497"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:00:23","slug":"logan-sargeant-admits-us-dislike-of-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/logan-sargeant-admits-us-dislike-of-formula-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Sargeant admits US dislike of Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Williams rookie Logan Sargeant believes Formula 1 is “almost as big” as the two biggest motorsport championships in America, with the American driver stating that the pinnacle of motorsport might actually be “bigger” than NASCAR and IndyCar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formula 1 has grown rapidly in the United States over recent years, with the F1-based Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’ being a main reason for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The docuseries has been a remarkable success across the pond, with the sport’s American owners having also worked wonders with growing the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America is very much a key hub for F1 nowadays, with the nation boasting three races from 2023, an American team (Haas), and an American driver for the first time since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As if that wasn’t enough, American manufacturer Ford have announced their return for 2026, whilst Andretti Autosport and General Motors are edging ever closer to entering a new American team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all of that in mind, Sargeant has recognised that F1 has become “pretty popular” in his home country, to the point where it may be the most popular motorsport in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt seems almost as big as NASCAR and\u00a0IndyCar,\u00a0if not bigger,\u201d Sargeant told media, as quoted by RaceFans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say without seeing the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it seems like it\u2019s pretty popular, and that\u2019s a positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a lot of diehard IndyCar and NASCAR fans who don\u2019t always like it,\u201d Sargeant continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I think with the way the sport is going in America, it will, if it\u2019s not already, it will be the biggest here shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sargeant admits that it wasn’t that long ago that “anyone really cared” about the sport, but that now he receives constant messages of people recognising how big the series is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He labels F1 in America as a “completely different world” now, with “everyone” knowing what the sport is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t think back in the day anyone really cared, anyone really understood what it was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny, people text me now and be like \u2018hey, I realise how big of a thing this could eventually be or how big F1 really was\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a completely different world now in terms of America. Everyone knows what Formula 1 is now over there. It\u2019s nice to see the transition and hopefully it keeps growing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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