James O'Connor

F3 | Sprint Race | British GP | Lindblad dominates at Silverstone

Van Amersfoort Racing’s León starts from pole position ahead of Prema’s Lindblad for the Formula 3 Sprint Race in Silverstone, after the top twelve from yesterday’s qualifying is flipped for this race. Tsolov, Meguetounif, Esterson, and Boya have all been handed three-place grid penalties following incidents of impeding during qualifying. They will now be starting from…

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IndyCar | FP1 | Mid-Ohio | Palou fastest as the new era begins

Following delays, the hybrid era of IndyCar started on Friday at Mid-Ohio as the drivers and teams took to the track with it for the first time under competitive conditions. Ahead of practice, it was confirmed that Marcus Armstrong, Pietro Fittipaldi and Felix Rosenqvist would be hit with 6-place penalties for Sunday’s race following unapproved…

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Verstappen says Red Bull has “a bit of work to do” following P7 in FP2 at F1 British GP

Max Verstappen heads into qualifying day at the British Grand Prix with work to do with his RB20. Although Red Bull looked competitive on the long runs towards the end of FP2, the qualifying simulation on the softs was not great, with Verstappen finishing almost 0.7s slower than pacesetter Lando Norris. On a second push…

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F3 | British GP | Qualifying | Browning takes stunning pole in changeable conditions at Silverstone

Christian Mansell posted the first competitive time of the session as he logged a 1:45:839. However, a 1:45.475 put Noel León over three tenths clear seconds later. Dunne, Mini, Goethe, Fornaroli, Mansell, Esterson, Van Hoepen, Lindblad, Tramnitz, Montoya and Browning completed the top 12 after 10 minutes. The Irish driver had been over 0.2s quicker…

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Fellow F1 drivers defend Max Verstappen following stinging media criticism after Austrian GP contact with Lando Norris

Media day at the British Grand Prix has been dominated by the contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the Red Bull Ring last Sunday. From lap 55 onwards, the Dutchman and Brit went hard at it, having multiple battles before an unfortunate collision on lap 64 at turn 3 saw both drivers end…

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Hamilton: 2024 is “not feeling massively different” compared to previous two seasons following difficult F1 Austrian GP

Lewis Hamilton’s tricky season continued as he finished P4 in the Austrian Grand Prix last Sunday. The Brit looked a shade behind teammate George Russell from Sprint qualifying onwards, and floor damage in the Grand Prix itself harmed his chances of getting on the podium. The 39-year-old passed Sainz off track at turn 1 and…

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Christian Lundgaard to replace Alexander Rossi at Arrow McLaren for 2025 IndyCar season

Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard will take over the number #7 Arrow McLaren as he has agreed a deal with the team. Alexander Rossi will depart at the end of this campaign as he failed to agree fresh terms with them. Lundgaard has been hugely impressive since joining IndyCar following his move over from F2. He took…

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Gasly: Lack of space given by Ocon in battles during F1 Austrian GP “something we’ll have to discuss”

For a fourth successive Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly scored points as Alpine’s slow gains continue. Once again, however, a lot of the spotlight was on his latest episode with teammate Esteban Ocon. On lap 32, Ocon made a late but legal defensive move against Gasly. Three laps later, it got spicy. Ocon passed Alonso into…

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Ferrari’s Barcelona updates “comes with other limitations” after difficult F1 Austrian GP weekend — Leclerc

For the second time in three Grands Prix, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc failed to finish in the points. Starting P6, he had Oscar Piastri and Sergio Pérez either side of him heading into turn 1. As he tried to back out of it to avoid contact, the McLaren driver clipped his front wing and was forced…

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