As Valtteri Bottas closes in on a return to the grid with Cadillac, the American team shows its preference for experience ahead of its first foray into Formula 1 – but how did F1’s other new teams pick their driving line-ups?

Sargeant contested 37 Formula 1 Grands Prix with Williams across 2023 and 2024, becoming the first American in 30 years to log a point when he finished in the top 10 in Austin. But a spate of poor performances and incidents prompted Williams to axe Sargeant in the wake of last August’s Dutch Grand Prix.