Williams has confirmed Nicholas Latifi will go away the crew on the finish of the present Method One season, the crew confirmed on Friday.

The Canadian driver has appeared unlikely to stay with the crew for a number of months.

Dutch driver Nyck de Vries, who stood in for Latifi’s unwell teammate Alex Albon on the Italian Grand Prix and scored factors on his debut, is a powerful candidate to for the seat, though Alpine and AlphaTauri are additionally serious about his companies for 2023.

American driver Logan Sargeant, a race winner in Method 2 this season and a part of the Williams academy, is understood to be a well-liked candidate inside the crew.

Sargeant will participate in Friday observe for Williams forward of the U.S. Grand Prix subsequent month.

Latifi has raced for Williams since 2020, together with his sponsors bringing important cash to the crew, and has scored seven championship factors in that point.

Latifi mentioned: “I wish to take this chance to thank everybody at Williams Racing – all of the individuals again on the manufacturing facility and people I work with trackside – for the final three years. My preliminary F1 debut was postponed because of the pandemic however we ultimately obtained getting into Austria and, though we’ve got not achieved the outcomes collectively we hoped we might, it is nonetheless been a improbable journey.

“Getting these first factors in Hungary final 12 months was a second I will always remember, and I’ll transfer onto the following chapter of my profession with particular recollections of my time with this devoted crew. I do know none of us will cease placing in each effort till the tip of the season.”

Williams boss Jost Captio mentioned: “On behalf of the entire crew, I wish to say an unlimited thanks to Nicholas for his three years of arduous work with Williams. He is a good crew participant who has an excellent perspective in direction of his colleagues and work and is nicely favored and revered all through the enterprise.

“Our time collectively is now coming to an finish, however I do know he’ll put full effort in to maximise what we will do collectively for the rest of this season. We want him all the perfect of luck for his future, each out and in of the cockpit.”