Lighthouse Point, Florida, is a quiet community situated about halfway between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale. It’s a typical upscale enclave along this eastern stretch of the state, where homes have manicured Bermuda grass lawns and luxury rides are parked beneath the palms. Gulf Stream breezes waft over the streets, bearing salt by day and jasmine by night, and it seems like everyone has a boat.
“Being on the water was all we did when growing up,” says 22-year-old Logan Sargeant, who was born and raised in the town, his quartz-hued eyes flashing in the New York City morning light. (We’ve met for breakfast at Soho House.) “I love wake surfing, wakeboarding, regular surfing. Fishing. Spearfishing. My favorite things to do, hands down,” he continues, polishing off a plate of eggs Benedict with a mountain of smoked salmon, before cracking a grin. “Well, besides driving.”
Handsome and wiry, Sargeant is a Formula 1 driver for Williams Racing—the second-winningest F1 team of all time—on the front end of his freshman season, and this weekend, he returns to South Florida to compete in what is essentially his homecoming race: the Miami Grand Prix. What’s more, when Miami goes “lights out”—racing’s term for starting—Sargeant will become the first American driver to compete on American soil in Formula 1 in nearly a decade. Most of F1’s marquee names lately have been European, with a handful of Australian, Asian, and Latin American drivers in the mix, too. It’s a big deal, especially in the wake of Netflix’s popular Formula 1: Drive to Survive docuseries, which has significantly expanded F1’s fanbase in the U.S. As a result, Sargeant no doubt faces a singular pressure in the Magic City.
“I am patriotic,” he says. “I love my birth country. I want to represent well and do my best, for sure. And I’m looking forward to Miami, then Austin and then Las Vegas”—a new stop on the F1 circuit in 2023. “But regarding the added expectations at home, I’m not directly thinking about that responsibility so much. It’s more about driving to the best of my ability, knowing what I am doing is right, and putting in the effort to do everything I can.” He pauses for a moment, and adds: “I think it’s just, like, how do you get through it using the least amount of mental energy? If you’re thinking too much, you might start asking yourself why, or saying I shouldn’t be here.”
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