Sargeant, Fittipaldi total FIA F3 grid with Charouz
The Czech squad is the final team to lock in its roster for the F3 season, with the confirmation that Sargeant and Fittipaldi will be a half of System Renault Eurocup graduate Reshad de Gerus coming real days sooner than the first round on the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona.
Sargeant joins Charouz after agonisingly shedding out in a final weekend title showdown with Prema teammate Oscar Piastri.
The American scored two wins to lead the standings mid-season, but didn’t rating in a nightmare penultimate round at Monza and trailed Piastri by eight aspects heading to the Mugello finale.
A sixth space form in the hole bustle, with Piastri outdoors the aspects in 11th, intended the pair entered the final reversed grid bustle stage on aspects – real for Sargeant to retire after lap one contact with Lirim Zendeli.
Piastri secured the title with seventh space, whereas Sargeant had to resolve for third in the standings in the relieve of Theo Pourchaire.
Afters seeing his opponents development to System 2, Sargeant’s hopes of proper his single-seater occupation looked bleak, with a sportscar switch on the horizon unless Charouz got right here to the rescue.
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The 20-year-old used to be known as as much as pressure for the squad in the 2 pre-season checks in Austria and Spain sooner than securing a deal to contest the tubby season.
“Early this year, I didn’t know if I was ever going to glean in a bustle car once more,” talked about Sargeant.
“So I was honoured to glean this replacement from Charouz Racing Design. I will give it all the pieces I even enjoy to position the auto on the entrance and defend looking to provide in the midst of the team.
“I’m indubitably having a leer forward to it.”
Sargeant will be joined by Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time F1 champion Emerson, who carried out 15th in his maiden season of F3 with HWA Racelab final year with a most effective kind of fourth in the Mugello finale.
The younger brother of Haas System 1 reserve driver and IndyCar racer Pietro, Fittipaldi won the 2018 Italian System 4 Championship sooner than finishing runner-as much as Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti in the 2019 System Regional European Championship.
Fittipaldi appears to be like device to dovetail an F3 marketing campaign alongside commitments in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship riding for RP Motorsport.
This weekend will mark Fittipaldi’s competitive debut at Charouz, after the team ran 2020 driver Michael Belov for the length of pre-season attempting out.
“I am indubitably glad for the probability that team proprietor Antonin Charouz and team supervisor Bob Vavrik gave me,” he talked about.
“This will no doubt be a problem since I didn’t form any of the pre-season attempting out, but I will form my most effective with this replacement. I’m having a leer forward to the first bustle weekend in Barcelona.”
Group proprietor Antonin Charouz added: “We are indubitably satisfied with the line-up we have real finalised for the 2021 FIA F3 season, mixing expertise and a real records of the category.
“Logan used to be a top contender in 2020 and he confirmed his tempo for the length of the pre-season checks that we carried out goal currently, serving to us in the auto device-up as smartly.
“Enzo, beyond his family name, is a racer with real attainable. We’ll form our most effective to unleash his qualities.
“I’m obvious both Logan and Enzo are going to be additionally precious references for Reshad, who, as a rookie, is drawing finish a extremely well-known category step-up.
“His preparation in the final weeks has been very fruitful. Let’s hope to trip a obvious and involving season with all our guys.”
2021 FIA F3 Championship entry listing
Prema Racing: Arthur Leclerc, Dennis Hauger, Olli Caldwell
Trident: David Schumacher, Clement Novalak, Jack Doohan
ART Wide Prix: Frederik Vesti, Aleksandr Smolyar, Juan Manuel Correa
Hitech Wide Prix: Jak Crawford, Ayumu Iwasa, Roman Stanek
HWA Racelab: Matteo Nannini, Rafael Villagomez, Oliver Rasmussen
MP Motorsport: Victor Martins, Caio Collet, Tijmen van der Helm
Campos Racing: Amaury Cordeel, Lorenzo Colombo, Laszlo Toth
Carlin Buzz Racing: Jonny Edgar, Ido Cohen, Kaylen Frederick
Jenzer Motorsport: Calan Williams, Pierre-Louis Chovet, Filip Ugran
Charouz Racing Design: Logan Sargeant, Enzo Fittipaldi, Reshad de Gerus