James O'Connor, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

“That’s what we need until the end of the year” — Gasly hopes “good teamwork” continues at Alpine following double points finish at F1 Canadian GP

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago011 mins

For a second consecutive weekend, Pierre Gasly scored points as he finished 9th in the Canadian Grand Prix last Sunday. The 28-year-old made it through to Q2 on Saturday, but that solid effort was undone at the start as Sergio Perez hit him at turn 2, almost spinning. He fell to P18. However, he did…

FIA lowers age of F1 super licence holders to 17 for drivers who have “demonstrated outstanding ability” in single-seaters

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

Andrea Kimi Antonelli could make his F1 debut before he turns 18, whether that is in a free practice session or a complete race weekend itself. Following Max Verstappen making his F1 race bow at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix when he was 17, the FIA tightened the regulations on young drivers getting a certain…

Sauber F1 “need to keep working hard” as “better pace” is required to score points — Pujolar

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

Following a double Q1 elimination on Saturday, Sauber decided to roll the dice and change the rear wings on both cars, starting from pit lane in the Canadian Grand Prix. In reality, Valtteri Bottas was the one who was likely to do anything with it. Zhou Guanyu crashed twice in practice, and he simply had…

“I could have just driven better”: Hamilton says his F1 Canadian GP performance was “pretty shocking”

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton was left to rue what could have been as he missed out on his first Grand Prix podium of the 2024 season at the Canadian Grand Prix. The seven-time World Champion took his first win in F1 at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in 2007. It looked like he could go for an eighth…

Vasseur hopes Ferrari has got the “shitty part of the season” out of the way following rough F1 Canadian GP

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

Ferrari had by far their worst weekend of the 2024 season at the Canadian Grand Prix.Charles Leclerc (engine) and Carlos Sainz (crash damage) retired from the race as the team scored no points, losing out in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships. Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur discussed it in his post-race written media session….

Sergio Perez handed 3-place grid penalty for Spanish GP, Red Bull fined following F1 Canadian GP

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

Sergio Perez will drop 3 spots on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix as the stewards took a dim view of him driving back to the pits at relatively high speed following a crash in Canada on Sunday. The Mexican got on a wet patch and spun on lap 53 heading into turn 6,…

F1 | Canadian GP | Race | Max Verstappen masters Montreal to win wild race from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago012 mins

The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…

Tsunoda says confirmation of 2025 RB F1 deal “clears up my mind”

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

Confirmation came through just before qualifying on Saturday afternoon that Yuki Tsunoda would be staying with RB F1 for the 2025 season. The 24-year-old has had a brilliant to 2024, scoring 19 points and clearly outperforming teammate Daniel Ricciardo to date. The Japanese driver admitted it is a relief to know where he will be…

F1 | Canadian GP | Qualifying | Russell on pole as Verstappen sets exactly the same time in thrilling Q3

James O'Connor9 months ago06 mins

Following a dry FP3, dark clouds started to appear as qualifying got underway in Montreal. Q1 Stroll, Norris, Verstappen and Russell all took turns at the top in the first half of the session. Russell’s 1:13.242 had him a tenth clear of Verstappen. Hamilton backed up his teammate, 0.201s slower away. Norris, Stroll, Alonso, Sainz,…

IndyCar | Road America | FP2 | Herta fastest in heavy rain with four red flags

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

Final practice got underway at Road America with the rain falling hard. Unsurprisingly, there was moments immediately. Kyle Kirkwood and Scott McLaughlin both ended up in the tarmac run off at turn 8 as they had snaps of oversteer in treacherous conditions. At turn 5, Colton Herta locked up and went straight on but continued…