Logan Sargeant ♎could become the first F1 driver of 2024 to lose his drive mid-season.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, tﷺhe Mercedes junior, is tipped to take his place for the sec🗹ond half of this campaign by those inside the paddock.

Neither Sargeant nor highly-rated teammate Alex Albon have scored a point in ꦏthe f▨irst five rounds.

“The talk in China last weekend is that Antonelli will be in the second Williams, alongside Alex Albon, from the summer br🐎eak onwards,” FIA press conferen🥃ce host Tom Clarkson shared on the  podcast.

“He turns 18 at the end of August.

“Williams a🅷re a💃sking the FIA for special dispensation.

“Max Verstappen raced i⛦n Formula 1 aged 🔯17, why can’t Antonelli?

“But I think the rules are now set. And there wꦚon’t be a dispensation.

“I see🌠 Antonelli in the Williams, in the second half of the season, replacing Sar꧃geant.”

Antonelli has been strongly linked with replacing Leཧwis Hamilton at Mercedes next season.

He is racing in his rookie year in Formula 2 but Toto Wolff has ꦗtalked up his prodigious ability.

Antonell🧜i has tested Mercedes F1 cars this season in an obvious opportunity to get to grips with the demands.

Should Mercedes place ꦇtheir faith in Antonelli as a full-time driver next season, then loaning him to Williams for the second half of this year would give him a headstart in learning the ropes in F1.

American d♏river Sargeant will continue to come under scrutiny for his place on the grid.

Williams insisted they retaine🐽d faith in him, despite removing him from his car to let Albon (who had crashed his own car) to take over in Australia.