While Rosin is unsure whether the recent calendar changes will really have an impact on F2 and F3 costs, he says the issue runs even further down the ladder and the FIA needs to work on improving it before all drivers are priced out and the whole system collapses........and he probably will get his butt kicked and mistreated by the officials for speaking out.

“I think it needs to be a joint work between promoter and the federation to make sure we keep the price low. But it’s not just a problem of Formula 2 and Formula 3 — so it’s not just a problem for Bruno — it’s also a problem for Formula 4. If you consider that the Formula 4 season you are looking at €500,000-700,000 ($600,000-$850,000) for a 15-year-old kid…

“I have my costs and for my company I have to make a profit, but when you see a certain amount of costs, it’s quite a lot. On the other hand, I’m doing my job, and I need to try and do the best for my company both on the results side and also on the economic side, because I’m not a charity entity — I’m here to make a profit.

“The problem needs to be addressed in a certain way, otherwise — while now we can have drivers that are a good package, there could be years where it is not possible to find 22 drivers in Formula 2, 30 drivers in Formula 3, up to 30 drivers in Formula Regional, and then we’ll have a problem.

“The best teams will always be able to find the drivers, but we need to also consider the midfield teams. Because if I start off doing a season of Formula 2 at €1.2m-1.3m ($1.5m-1.6m) because I don’t have any other choice, it’s better that I keep the car on stands. Guaranteed.”

Perhaps F1 will also need to get involved if it wants to keep the pool of potential drivers as large as possible, and especially if it wants to increase its appeal in the U.S. An American driver would play a big part in achieving that, but Sargeant appreciates it’s tough to get the additional funding he needs from the States in the current climate.

“I think once you go halfway across the world it becomes difficult,” Sargeant admits. “You’re not really part of the American scene anymore, let’s say. It’s definitely tough, you don’t get a whole lot of backing — I would have liked more but it is what it is, that’s life and move on.”

Sargeant’s older brother Dalton has raced stock cars and a roof might still be part of Logan’s future, but he’s not quite ready to give up on single-seater racing just yet, even if it’s not the F1 dream he originally had.

“I’d say in an ideal world I would like to either go the LMP2 way to hopefully get in with a manufacturer and build a relationship — the LMDh is coming out in 2023, so that’s a really good opportunity to set yourself up for a good career — or on the other side, living in America, Indy Lights and that path trying to get to IndyCar,” he says. “I’m definitely looking at both, and hopefully one of those will come off.”