James O'Connor

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Defending IndyCar champion Palou admits it “feels good” to take pole for Sonsio GP following practice difficulties

Two-time and defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou will start the Sonsio GP on the Indy Road Course from P1 later today as he produced a superb turnaround in qualifying. The Spanish driver had looked to be struggling in practice, placing P17 and P11 in the two practice sessions as he struggled with his car. Come…

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Sonsio GP | IndyCar FP2 | Lundgaard beats Power and Dixon to top spot in final practice

In the opening five minutes, a 1:10.3623 from Arrow McLaren’s Theo Pourchaire saw him lead Fittipaldi, Palou, Rosenqvist and Canapino. Lundgaard, McLaughlin, Harvey, Grosjean and Blomqvist completed the top 10. The surprises continued at the top of the timesheets as ECR’s Christian Rasmussen slotted into 2nd, 0.06s slower than Pourchaire. Arrow McLaren started to flex…

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Sargeant feels he had “generally been on the pace all weekend” before getting taken out by Magnussen in F1 Miami GP

Logan Sargeant’s first home race of the 2024 season ended in disappointment as he was involved in a collision with Kevin Magnussen on lap 28 at the Miami Grand Prix. The Floridan driver was having a good weekend in his home state, finishing a strong P10 in the Sprint as he used and managed the…

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Charles Leclerc to have a new F1 Race Engineer from Imola as Xavi Marcos moves into a new role

There’s been a big change made by Scuderia Ferrari ahead of next weekend’s race trip to Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Xavier Marcos Padros has left his role as Charles Leclerc’s race engineer. In a statement on Twitter, the Italian team confirmed that “Xavi Marcos will bring his valuable experience gained as…

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Stella: McLaren knew they could fight for F1 Miami GP win as they gained “some important clues” in the opening laps

McLaren is basking in the glow of a memorable victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. Lando Norris secured the first win of his F1 career as the Woking-based squad took their first Grand Prix victory since Daniel Ricciardo’s at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. Team boss Andrea Stella opened up on a…

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F1 Miami GP | Race | Lando Norris takes first F1 victory as he dominates following a Safety Car intervention

13 of the top 14 started on mediums, with Lewis Hamilton starting on hards in P8. Alonso, Magnussen and Ricciardo also started on the white wall tyre. Valtteri Bottas was on softs in P15. Max Verstappen got a superb launch as Charles Leclerc got away poorly. Sainz passed his teammate on the run to turn…

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There was “almost race management going on in your qualifying laps trying to keep the tyres alive” — Albon unimpressed with Pirelli F1 tyres at Miami GP

Alex Albon starts P14 for the Miami Grand Prix as Williams continues to languish towards the back of the field this year. Only Sauber was slower on raw pace as Bottas and Guanyu got knocked out in Q1. The Thai driver was far from happy with how the tyres behaved in Shanghai. Once again, he…

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