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Budget and financial issues are no stranger to many drivers, and it has been the case for Alex O'Grady too during his French F4 days.
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Exclusive: How budget difficulties made French F4 the “hardest year” for Alex O’Grady to date

Budget and financial issues are no stranger to many drivers looking to make it to Formula 1, and it has been the case for Alex O’Grady as he made the jump from karting to single-seaters. Alex O’Grady missing out on a fully funded French F4 drive In 2023 the young Irish driver drove in the…

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Head of Strategy at Red Bull Racing for many years, Will Courtenay has joined the McLaren F1 Team as Sporting Director.
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Former Red Bull Head of Strategy Will Courtenay begins Sporting Director role at McLaren F1

Head of Strategy at Red Bull Racing for many years, Will Courtenay has joined the McLaren F1 Team as Sporting Director. While it was announced in September 2024, the engineer only starts at the Woking-based team now. Starting at Jaguar before the car manufacturer left the sport at the end of 2004, the British engineer…

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Alex O'Grady bagged his first single-seaters win in 2025 in GB4 at Oulton Park last May. He stays in it for 2026. The target is winning it all
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Exclusive: Alex O’Grady on first single-seaters win, staying at KMR, and targeting 2026 GB4 title

Irish driver Alex O’Grady bagged his first single-seaters win in 2025 in the GB4 championship at Oulton Park last May. It came following a tough start to the campaign. On the back foot early in the season GB4 introduced a new car in 2025 with the Tatuus GB4-025, a modified version of the Tatuus MSV-022…

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Alex O'Grady will continue in F4 next year in the GB4 championship as he looks to join Alex Dunne and Fionn McLaughlin in making F3 and F2.
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Exclusive: Alex O’Grady on representing Ireland in Motorsport, believes Alex Dunne is the country’s greatest ever driver

17-year-old Irish racing driver Alex O’Grady will continue in Formula 4 next year in the GB4 championship as he looks to join Alex Dunne and Fionn McLaughlin in progressing through the ranks. Earlier this month it was announced that the driver from County Galway would stay with the KMR team for the 2026 GB4 season….

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Helmut Marko has opened up on his very close bond with Max Verstappen following his decision to leave the Red Bull F1 squad after two decades He also confirmed that highly respected GianPiero Lambiase remains at Red Bull Racing.
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Marko on “closest” relationship with Verstappen, confirms Lambiase stays at Red Bull F1

Helmut Marko has opened up on his very close bond with Max Verstappen following his decision to leave the Red Bull F1 squad after two decades, alongside confirming that GianPiero Lambiase remains at the team. The Austrian advisor brought many talents through throughout this century. Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were the biggest…

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Lando Norris has spoken warmly of Max Verstappen following a thrilling end to the 2025 F1 championship between them and Oscar Piastri.
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Norris has “even more respect” for “incredible” Verstappen after extraordinary 2025 F1 comeback

Lando Norris has spoken warmly of Max Verstappen following a thrilling end to the 2025 F1 championship between the pair of them and Oscar Piastri. From Australia until Las Vegas, it looked like the title battle was between the Brit and Australian in their McLarens. However, a double DSQ in the final US race of…

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