Alex Albin responded to major changes within Williams Racing his teammate Logan Sergeant got the axe on tuesday. Alex Albin will greet a new face in the Williams Racing garage after the Formula 1 team made a massive shakeup amid a turbulent season Logan Sergeant suffered a brutal mid-season sacking after being stuck to the F1 basement replaced by Italian F2 star Franco kapino now Albin has issued a statement of support for his departing teammate do I know firsthand how brutal this sport can be it's tough to see Logan leave the team mid-season Albin wrote on Twitter you gave it your all brother and it's been a pleasure being teammates with you I know whatever you do next you'll be awesome Sergeant was previously the only American on the Formula 1 circuit born outside of Miami in Fort Lauderdale Florida he began his racing career carding at just 8 years old and made his single seater debut in the 201617 formula 4 UA Championship with Team Moto park. Williams driver Academy announced Sergeant signature in 2021 and the Floridian would drive a Formula 1 car for the first time at the Yas Marina circuit in the postseason Sergeant graduated from F2 and was ultimately selected to replace Nicholas latifi who left the club after 2022 and has not since returned to racing dot the Top Flight promotion came with immediate struggles however the sergeant finished dead last among all full-time drivers in Formula 1 in 2023 with just one driver point to his name Sergeant floundered once more in 2024 tied with volter badas and Junu at the bottom of F1 and pressuring Williams to find a replacement