Alex O'Grady | |
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Born | Alex O'Grady 19 December 2008 Loughrea, Ireland |
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Alex O'Grady (born 19 December 2008) is an Irish racing driver currently competing for KMR Sport in the GB4 Championship.
O'Grady began karting at the age of five, competing until 2022. [1] In his karting career, O'Grady most notably won the Irish Cadet Championship in 2018, [2] and won the 2019 IAME International Final in the Mini class. [3] [4] O'Grady then passed to Junior karts in 2021 and stayed in it for two years, most notably finishing sixth in the 2022 IAME Warriors Final. [5]
After reaching the finals in the 2023 FEED Racing Shootout, in which he missed out on a fully-funded seat in French F4, [6] O'Grady made his single-seater debut in that series the following year. [7] After missing out on points at Nogaro, [8] O'Grady took his first podium of the season at the following round at Lédenon by finishing third in race two. [9] O'Grady repeated the same feat two rounds later at the Nürburgring, [10] before scoring just four points finished in the following three rounds as he ended the year 12th in points. [11] During the season, O'Grady missed many Thursday test sessions due to limited funding and faced uncertainty over his single-seater career at the end of the year. [12] [13]
Despite this, O'Grady moved to the GB4 Championship the following year, becoming the 20th signing on that year's grid when he joined KMR Sport. [14] Finishing no higher than 12th on his debut round at Donington Park, [15] O'Grady scored his first top tens the following round at Silverstone, [16] before taking his maiden single-seater win in race one at Oulton Park. [17] O'Grady then finished second in race two, [18] which was his best result across the following three rounds, as he finished no higher than fifth at both Snetterton and Silverstone and no higher than sixth at Brands Hatch. [19] [20] [21]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2018 | Motorsport Ireland Karting – IAME Cadet | Daly Motorsport | 1st |
2019 | British Kart Championship – IAME Cadet | Fusion Motorsport | 18th |
IAME International Final – Mini | 1st | ||
2020 | IAME Euro Series – X30 Mini | Fusion Motorsport | 10th |
2021 | IAME Warriors Final – X30 Junior | Fusion Motorsport | 28th |
2022 | WSK Super Master Series – OK-J | Forza Racing | 57th |
Champions of the Future Winter Series – OK-J | 29th | ||
Champions of the Future – OK-J | 78th | ||
European Karting Championship – OK-J | 98th | ||
WSK Euro Series – OK-J | 39th | ||
Italian Karting Championship – OK-J | 24th | ||
Karting World Championship – OK-J | 28th | ||
WSK Open Cup – OK-J | 28th | ||
Trofeo delle Industrie – OK-J | 9th | ||
IAME Warriors Final – X30 Junior | Fusion Motorsport | 6th | |
Sources: [22] [23] |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2024 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 12th |
2025 | GB4 Championship | KMR Sport | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 231* | 5th* |
Sources: [24] [22] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2024 | NOG 1 12 | NOG 2 C | NOG 3 22 | LÉD 1 11 | LÉD 2 3 | LÉD 3 8 | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 7 | SPA 3 Ret | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 3 | NÜR 3 10 | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 7 | MAG 3 7 | DIJ 1 23 | DIJ 2 17 | DIJ 3 13 | LEC 1 4 | LEC 2 11 | LEC 3 15 | 12th | 56 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2025 | KMR Sport | DON 1 15 | DON 2 12 | DON 3 1312 | SIL1 1 13 | SIL1 2 8 | SIL1 3 94 | OUL 1 1 | OUL 2 2 | OUL 3 14 | SNE 1 5 | SNE 2 7 | SNE 3 10 | SIL2 1 13 | SIL2 2 5 | SIL2 3 18 | BRH 1 6 | BRH 2 6 | BRH 3 C | DON2 1 | DON2 2 | DON2 3 | 5th* | 231* |