Motorsport photoLogan Sargeant has been through an eventful period. In 2024, he lost his Williams Formula 1 seat midway through the season to Franco Colapinto, bringing his F1 career to an end after fewer than two full campaigns.Since then, Sargeant has sampled a range of motorsport categories, from IndyCar to IMSA’s LMP2 class. He had also been set for a move to the European Le Mans Series through a deal with Genesis, but that programme never materialised.Two years after leaving Formula 1, the 25-year-old is now in the World Endurance Championship paddock.

He makes his series debut this weekend at Imola for Proton Competition, sharing the #88 Ford Mustang LMGT3 with Stefano Gattuso and Giammarco Levorato.He also already knows that from 2027 he will join Ford’s Hypercar programme, alongside Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller.In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, Sargeant reflected on life after F1 and what lies ahead.“Firstly I took a little bit of time off,” Sargeant said. “At the end of 2024, I did an IndyCar test, I did a LMP2 test, and then I took a bit more time off. Played golf, hung out in Florida, so just took just some time with friends and family.“And then I felt like driving again, so I got into LMP2 at IMSA.

I've done three races in that in the past half a year. That went very, very well. And the Ford contract wasn't too far behind that, and now excited to be here in this car, and even more excited for the hypercar that's coming.”The best experience since leaving F1, Sargeant says, has simply been getting back behind the wheel.“Probably, I would say, getting back into it was very fun,” he explained.

“Showing up to Indy, the IMSA race, and being extremely quick after not driving for a year was pretty fun.“And then, of course, I think that that led to bigger things, so that was probably the best.”Logan Sargeant, Proton FordLogan Sargeant, Proton FordDifferent driving styleHaving driven two high-downforce cars in IndyCar and LMP2, Sargeant is now adapting to a machine with significantly less downforce: the GT3.He admits the Mustang LMGT3 drives “very different” compared to what he has raced in recent years.“It's a lot heavier, very different driving style, so I feel like it's coming together for me,” explained the former Williams driver. “It's still not where I want it to be, in terms of just natural way of driving, but nonetheless, it's still a good challenge.“It's expanding my toolbox, that's for sure.

I'm sure there's parts of what I'm doing this year in a GT3 car that I'll be able to apply next year, even though it's a very different car.”Knowing it will be a learning process, Sargeant heads into the season without fixed expectations.“I just want to go into each weekend,” he stressed. “Of course, I still need to learn the car to a certain extent, and it's not been the easiest car to drive this weekend, so still trying to get on top of that a little bit.“But all we can do is execute the race as best we can, make sure they're clean, make sure we avoid any self-inflicted penalties or problems, and wherever that leaves us, it leaves us.

Hopefully, hopefully we have the pace to be in a decent position.”#88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3: Stefano Gattuso, Giammarco Levorato, Logan Sargeant#88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3: Stefano Gattuso, Giammarco Levorato, Logan SargeantPositive signs in the simulatorNext year, Sargeant will move into the top class of the WEC with Ford’s Hypercar programme. There had been rumours he could already have entered the championship this year through an IDEC Sport deal linked to Genesis Magma Racing, but instead he is committed to Ford now and next season.“I never signed anything with Genesis,” Sargeant stressed.

“I've said many times, but I wanted to have that break, which is what we had spoken about earlier and after I took that time off, when I felt like driving again, I went into the LMP2 in IMSA and from there the talks started with Ford and that led to this.”Several details of Ford’s Hypercar project are already known. The American manufacturer will race with an ORECA chassis and a naturally-aspirated 5.4-litre V8 engine, while Sargeant, Rockenfeller and Priaulx have already been confirmed as the first three drivers.There are still some unknowns, however – even for Sargeant himself.“I haven't seen any concepts, but I think the timeline is kind of dependent on when the car is ready, so that's still to be confirmed, so that means testing is to be confirmed.

But hopefully we can get a decent amount done in the second part of the year,” he said.Although the actual Hypercar is not yet complete, plenty of work is already taking place behind the scenes in the simulator.“We’re already on the simulator, so that’s good,” Sargeant revealed. “Running through systems, working on all the variables that can be done before the car is ready.“That's all underway, which is good and which is positive. And from the simulator, we're getting a good feeling, b