James O'Connor

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“Knowing that Jules has not died for nothing” has given us “strength” — Philippe Bianchi opens up on his son’s death

Co-author: Marika Petracca 10 years on from Jules Bianchi’s tragic accident at the Japanese Grand Prix that would ultimately cost him his life over 9 months later, his father Philippe has opened up to La Gazzetta dello Sport on the accident, the loss of his son and finding the strength to carry on. Bianchi, aged…

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“Time will tell” if Colapinto and Bearman are F1 “killers” after impressive 2024 performances — Hülkenberg

2024 has seen a new generation start to emerge in Formula One. Oliver Bearman, Kimi Antonelli and Jack Doohan have all got full-time seats on the grid next year. Liam Lawson could join them depending on how he does over the final six events at RB. Earlier this year in Jeddah, Bearman replaced Carlos Sainz…

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“I want to finish my career when I want to” — Pérez vows to end F1 journey on his own terms

Co-Author: Fernanda Álvarez Sergio Pérez has vowed to carry on until the end of his current Red Bull contract, which runs until the end of the 2026 season. A 2-year extension was agreed earlier this season. The 34-year-old laughed off a wild rumour that he was going to announce his retirement at the Mexican Grand…

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Bottas praises Zhou’s “strong race” in F1 Singapore GP as he hopes for “big” car updates at the US GP

Sauber’s miserable season continued at the Singapore Grand Prix as they finished in P15 and P16, although they did manage to cross the line ahead of Pierre Gasly and Daniel Ricciardo. Once again, Valtteri Bottas did a great job in qualifying, outpacing his teammate Zhou Guanyu by almost half a second as they were slowest…

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Tsunoda “frustrated with myself” as he misses out on points with bad start in F1 Singapore GP

Yuki Tsunoda was left to ponder a horrible first lap at the Singapore Grand Prix as he finished in P12 following a strong qualifying performance. Starting P8, he lost out to Charles Leclerc and Franco Colapinto into turn 1 as his launch was terrible — a common theme for the RB cars in 2024. After…

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“We should have finished in the points” — Colapinto left to rue Williams strategy mistake in F1 Singapore GP

Franco Colapinto’s impressive start to life in Formula One continued as he finished P11 in the Singapore Grand Prix. Despite not having the front suspension update teammate Alex Albon received, the Argentine driver was only 0.007s slower in qualifying as they locked out the sixth row, with both narrowly missing out on Q3. The 21-year-old…

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Red Bull’s Head of Race Strategy Will Courtenay to join McLaren F1 as Sporting Director

Following the departures of Adrian Newey, Dan Fallows and Rob Marshall, as well as Jonathan Wheatley come the end of the 2024 season, Red Bull Racing will also be losing Head of Strategy Will Courtenay to McLaren Racing. BBC Sport reports that he has a contract at Red Bull Racing until the middle of the…

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