James O'Connor

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Ricciardo “curious” to try new chassis at F1 Chinese GP for his “peace of mind”

The Chinese Grand Prix could be a defining moment in the career of 8-time winner Daniel Ricciardo. Following his return to the sport at the Hungarian Grand Prix last year with AlphaTauri/RB F1, the Australian has shown flashes of his old self. Qualifying a superb P4 in Mexico last October and finishing the race in…

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Albon admits it’s a “tough time” for Williams F1 as the team goes through a “character-building” phase

It has been a brutal start to the 2024 Formula One for Williams Racing. In Bahrain and Saudi Arabia they failed to score points. Much worse was to follow from there, however. During first practice at Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix last month, Alex Albon had a big crash at turn 7. Such…

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Horner: Perez has started the 2024 F1 season “in the best possible way” — “it’s his seat to lose”

Red Bull could well head into the 2025 Formula One season with an unchanged driver line-up for a fifth consecutive season. Mexico’s Sergio Perez has made a very strong start to the 2024 season following his best ever result in the Drivers’ Championship last year with P2. At Suzuka last weekend, he got within 0.066s…

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Alonso admits he “did speak” to other F1 teams before agreeing a new deal with Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso has confirmed that he did have some talks with other teams before confirming he would stay at Aston Martin until 2026 at least. Since joining the team at the start of 2023, the Spanish driver has been on the rostrum 8 times for the Silverstone-based squad, including three P2 finishes. Alonso has very…

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“I’m sure he’ll bounce back” — Horner confident Ricciardo can turn things around following tricky start to 2024 F1 season

Yuki Tsunoda’s fine start to the 2024 F1 season continued at Suzuka last weekend as he became the first Japanese driver since Kamui Kobayashi to score points at their home race. Kobayashi secured a memorable pole in his Sauber 12 years ago. The P10 finish for Tsunoda certainly did not come easily after making Q3…

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Newgarden fastest from Larson as rain is the big winner on the first day of open test at IMS

Defending Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden went fastest on the first day of the categories open test at IMS for Team Penske. Newgarden, who controversially won the famous race last year after a wild last lap battle with Marcus Ericsson that featured a lot of weaving, came out of the blocks…

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Ocon: “Maximising the potential” of the A524 leaves a “bittersweet taste” for Alpine F1 due to its current lack of performance

For the second consecutive weekend, Esteban Ocon managed to get himself out of Q1 as he made the top 15 for today’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman was P14 after the first runs in the opening segment of qualifying. He went one better at the end of the session as the 2021 Hungarian GP winner…

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