James O'Connor, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Horner: Perez lost “in an excess of 20 points” of load during F1 Australian GP as Alonso’s tear-off went underneath floor

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Christian Horner has confirmed that Sergio Perez was struggling during the Australian Grand Prix as a tear-off from Fernando Alonso got lodged under his floor during the races, costing him valuable performance and creating excessive tyre degradation for the Mexican. Running in P6 during the opening stint as he lost out at the start to…

Zhou Guanyu to start the F1 Australian GP from pit lane

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Zhou Guanyu was left extremely disappointed as his front wing gave up on him after hitting the turn 10 kerb on his final lap during Q1 at the Australian Grand Prix. Heading into the final sector, he took the kerb like everyone has been throughout the weekend but the left hand side of his front…

Ocon “proud” of what Alpine “achieved” as they get out of Q1 at the F1 Australian GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

Esteban Ocon gave a small bit of light to Alpine on Saturday at Albert Park as he qualified P15 for the Australian Grand Prix. It’s the first time in 2023 one of them got out of Q1. He did not want to declare it a mini-victory, however. “Well, I think let’s not call it a…

IndyCar Thermal Test 4 session | Lundgaard comfortably fastest ahead of qualifying as Penske and Arrow McLaren deliver strong pace

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

A dust storm caused by high winds meant the first 10 minutes of the session was put on hold. When the session did get going, Sting Ray Robb had multiple excursions as there was no grip out on circuit. O’Ward, Kirkwood, Rasmussen and McLaughlin also had relatively big moments inside the first 30 minutes. Power’s…

Hamilton: “Lots of work to do” as “knife-edge” W15 sees him knocked out in Q2 at F1 Australian GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

It’s been a rollercoaster of a weekend for Lewis Hamilton at the Australian Grand Prix. After huge struggles with the rear end and a bad set-up call by Mercedes in FP2 where he placed P18, the seven-time World Champion was a strong P4 in final practice, less than a tenth off the fastest time. However,…

F1 Australian GP FP3 | Leclerc fastest as 0.092s covers the top 4

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

The first driver to post a time in final practice was Sergio Perez, with the Mexican logging a 1:19.206. Verstappen responded to that quickly as he beat it by 0.615s. Both drivers were on mediums. Perez went again and smashed in a 1:17.927 to go 0.664s ahead of the Dutchman thanks to three purple sectors….

“I have to prioritise the team above all else” — Vowles on the decision to give Sargeant’s car to Albon for F1 Australian GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Williams Team Principal James Vowles has detailed the decision to give Logan Sargeant’s chassis and car to Alex Albon for the remainder of the Australian Grand Prix weekend. With just under 20 minutes left in opening practice, Albon went over the kerb at turn 6. He had a snap as the car bounced off it…

Sargeant to miss the F1 Australian GP as Williams give Albon his chassis and car following the Thai’s FP1 crash

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

Williams has made the massive call to give Alex Albon their remaining chassis for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.In FP1, Albon had a big crash. He lost the car over the turn 6 kerb, ended up having a snap of oversteer and hit the wall hard at turn 7. There appeared…

F1 Australian GP FP1 | Norris leads incredibly close first session; Albon has sizeable shunt

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

It was a beautiful early afternoon in Melbourne as the drivers took to the track at Albert Park for first practice on Friday afternoon.Pirelli has brought the C3, C4 and C5 compounds to the event. A 1:20.886 from Lewis Hamilton saw him lead the charts 5 minutes in on the mediums, with Leclerc, Piastri, Perez…

Nikola Tsolov deliberately hits Alex Dunne in Formula 3 practice at the Australian GP

James O'Connor1 year ago12 months ago03 mins

In the final stages of practice for FIA Formula 3 this morning ahead of qualifying at 14:00 local time at Albert Park in Melbourne, the Bulgarian in his ART was on a fast lap as he looked to move himself from P10. Approaching turn 11, he came across Alex Dunne in MP Motorsport machinery. The…