Lewis Hamilton's Formula One legacy "will live forever" says Logan Sargeant, who does not anticipate the seven-time world champion will bow out just yet.
After a disappointing 2022 season, Hamilton is once again well behind two-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen in the F1 standings.
While Verstappen has seven race wins to his name already this year, Hamilton has zero, and has only managed three podium placings.
The Mercedes driver sits fourth in the drivers' championship, and there has been speculation that this year might be his last in F1.
Williams driver Sargeant, however, feels Hamilton will stay on, though the American is sure that legendary status has been secured for the Briton.
"I personally think he's going to stay," Sargeant told Stats Perform.
"I think he wants to keep going. I could be wrong.
"His legacy will live forever, he's one of the best ever do it, if not the best, and he's a driver I looked up to through my junior career.
"I'll always have a massive amount of respect for him. His legacy will live forever."
Sargeant, though, does not feel Hamilton or anyone else will be able to compete with Verstappen for this year's title.
He said: "This year, I don't think so. Maybe next year, but it seems like they [Red Bull] have got this year well under control.
"Max is obviously driving amazingly, so I don't think anyone's going to be able to beat them this year unless they have a problem."
Sargeant is experiencing his first season in F1, and conceded it is taking some getting used to.
"It's extremely difficult, as you can imagine, being against 19 of the other best drivers in the world," he said.
"It's so tight from eighth to 20th, and if you put one foot wrong, that can be the difference between getting top 10 or 20th, so that's the biggest challenge just making sure you're at your best every single day, and I feel like it's coming.
"I'm just getting more and more comfortable with it, so the goal is to eventually get to a point where I can extract everything that car has throughout a weekend. That's where I want to get to."