James O'Connor

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The lessons new race director Rui Marques must take from the poor handling of the F1 Brazil GP weekend by Niels Wittich

The shock announcement of Niels Wittich leaving his role as F1 race director — that seems to have been a firing — comes following a weekend at the Brazil GP where questions around safety came to the fore once again. Rui Marques is replacing Wittich as race director for the rest of the 2024 F1…

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Carlos Sainz to drive in F1 Abu Dhabi post-season test for Williams

Confimation has come through from Williams on Friday afternoon that Carlos Sainz will drive for the team in the Abu Dhabi F1 test following the Grand Prix next month. The 30-year-old signed for Williams after many months of negotiations with different teams, ultimately deciding to join the Grove-based squad on a multi-year deal. In February,…

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Sainz apologies to Ferrari after two “strange” and “unfortunate” crashes on Sunday at F1 Brazil GP

Following his finest weekend in Formula One at the Mexico City GP, Scuderia Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz had a much tougher outing at Interlagos on Sunday. In Q2 on Sunday morning, the rear got away from him as he applied power in the Senna esses, crashing into the barrier on the outside of turn 2, forcing…

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Austin F1 updates has given “clear lift” to Alpine but “limitations” still exist on A524 — Oakes

Alpine moved to within three points of Williams in the Constructors’ Championship as Pierre Gasly finished the Mexico City Grand Prix in P10. The 2020 Italian Grand Prix winner qualified in P8, 0.006s slower than Kevin Magnussen as he ran out of battery before the line. It was almost over before it started as Alex…

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