Williams boss Capito admits that it would be 'a great headache' to have should Logan Sargeant put himself in contention for a 2023 F1 drive by winning the F2 title.
However, the team's own protege Sargeant has enjoyed a recent surge in form, winning the F2 feature races in both Britain and Austria, as well as finishing second in Baku.
"How he got the pole [in France] was really impressive. He will be in an F1 car in the future, I'm absolutely convinced."Capito stressed that it was too early to make plans for Sargeant. "But you know, you can always get the other way pretty quickly. So it's quite tricky to take early decisions on something on a F2 driver as long as the season is not over. So that's part of the decision making, of course."Williams has already deployed one of its rookie FP1 slots this year, with Nyck de Vries driving in Spain, and Capito indicated that Sargeant has already earned a slot.
Capito also indicated that Williams would be willing to take another team's driver on loan – such as Piastri – but only if it was the optimum overall choice.
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