Zak O'Sullivan

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Zak O'Sullivan
FIA F3 Austria 2023 Nr. 3 O'Sullivan (1).jpg
O'Sullivan driving for Prema Racing during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19)
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season 2024
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car number2
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2024
Previous series
202223
2021
2020
2019
FIA Formula 3 Championship
GB3 Championship
F4 British Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2021 GB3 Championship
Awards
2021 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award
The Jim Clark Trophy

Zak O'Sullivan (born 6 February 2005) is a British racing driver of Irish descent who is currently racing in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2022 and 2023 for Carlin and Prema Racing respectively. [1] He is the champion of the 2021 GB3 Championship and the 2023 Formula 3 runner-up. He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy. [2]

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He was awarded the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award for 2021. [3]

Career

Karting

Having taken up the sport when he was just nine years old, [4] O'Sullivan started his competitive karting career in 2014, where he won the British Super One Rookie Championship. After competing in the national Super 1 Championship in 2015 he won the MSA Kartmasters British Grand Prix, and in 2017 the Brit first raced in Europe, coming twelfth in the CIK-FIA European Championship with Ricky Flynn Motorsport. [5] O'Sullivan remained with the team in 2018 and achieved his best international karting result by finishing second in the German Karting Championship in the junior class. [6] That same year he also made his first and only appearance in the Karting World Championship. [7]

Ginetta Junior Championship

In 2019 O'Sullivan made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship with Douglas Motorsport. [8] He scored five podiums in the first ten races of the season, however his results improved after he made a switch to R Racing in the middle of the season. [9] O'Sullivan won two races at Snetterton and one at Thruxton, and thanks to a podium streak that lasted for nine consecutive races he finished second in the championship, which made him the highest-placed rookie. [10]

F4 British Championship

For the 2020 season the Brit moved up to the F4 British Championship, partnering Christian Mansell and Matías Zagazeta at Carlin. [11] He started the season off strongly, with a win at the season-opening round at Donington Park and two victories at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit. [12] [13] [14] Throughout the following three rounds however, O'Sullivan was overtaken in the standings by Luke Browning, who had won all three races at Oulton Park and another two at Knockhill. [15] O'Sullivan bounced back with a run of nine consecutive podium finishes, which included four race wins as well as four second places. [16] At the final race of the season, O'Sullivan won the race and was initially crowned champion. [17] However, it turned out that, due to a red flag, only half the number of points were distributed, meaning that O'Sullivan fell behind Browning in the championship and became vice-champion, only three points behind his rival. [18]

GB3 Championship

O'Sullivan at Brands Hatch during the 2021 GB3 Championship ZakOsullivanF3.png
O'Sullivan at Brands Hatch during the 2021 GB3 Championship

O'Sullivan remained with Carlin for 2021, progressing to the GB3 Championship with his previous teammate Christian Mansell and American Bryce Aron. [19] [20] His first race win in the series came at the second race of the first round at Brands Hatch, which led to him taking an early championship lead. [21] A pair of victories from Reece Ushijima at the next round put O'Sullivan's lead under threat, [22] but the Brit was able to get away from his championship rivals by winning the first two races of the third weekend at Donington Park, having started both from pole position. [23] [24] He extended his advantage further by finishing second twice at both Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton respectively, [25] [26] and would get back to winning ways in the reversed-grid race in Silverstone. [27] Another victory followed in the first race at Oulton Park, and a sixth place in race 3, one where he overtook ten of his rivals, put O'Sullivan on the cusp of winning the title. [28] [29] He would go on to control the first race of the final round, thus clinching the title in dominant fashion. [30]

For his efforts, O'Sullivan was nominated for the 2021 Autosport BRDC Award, and in February 2022, received that honour ahead of Jonny Edgar, Louis Foster and Oliver Bearman. [31] [32] In addition, in December 2021, the BRDC awarded O'Sullivan with the Jim Clark Trophy for winning the GB3 title. [33]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2022

O'Sullivan driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round. FIA F3 Austria 2022 Nr. 26 O'Sullivan.jpg
O'Sullivan driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

For 2022, O'Sullivan once again reunited with Carlin to contest the FIA Formula 3 Championship. [2] The Briton qualified 12th for reverse pole for the sprint race in Bahrain. He would slip back, but managed to score points in sixth place. [34] In Imola he would qualify eighth, but was penalised three places for the sprint race for impeding Reece Ushijima. [35] His sprint race would be disappointing, losing the car and crashing out on lap 9. [36] In the feature race, he stayed out of trouble and brought sixth place. [37] O'Sullivan had a poor round in Barcelona scoring no points, [38] but bounced back in Silverstone with an unexpected pole position, describing it as "really nice". [39] [40] He would lose his lead to Arthur Leclerc on Sunday, but was able to narrowly hold off Ollie Bearman for second, scoring his first podium in the category. [41] [42]

Another positive surprise came in the Budapest feature race. Having changed to dry tyres as the damp conditions were disappearing in the last third of the feature race, O'Sullivan was able to make his way up, overtaking car after car to finish fourth place by race's end. [43] [44] He had a disappointing Spa-Francorchamps round despite starting from reverse pole, as he damaged his front wing during a first lap battle with Juan Manuel Correa. [45] After qualifying tenth and starting third in the sprint at Zandvoort O'Sullivan took his second podium which ended up being his final points finish of the season. [46] In the feature race, he ran in tenth for majority of the race but was overtaken by Bearman in the final stages, and O'Sullivan was given a penalty for contact with him, dropping him to the back. [47] After failing to score points during the Monza finale, O'Sullivan ended his rookie campaign 11th in the standings with 54 points and two podiums, whilst helping Carlin to seventh place and its best year yet. [48] [49] During the F3 Prize Giving ceremony, O'Sullivan won the Comeback Of The Year for his comethru drive in Budapest. [50]

2023

O'Sullivan during the 2023 Austrian round. FIA F3 Austria 2023 Nr. 3 O'Sullivan (2).jpg
O'Sullivan during the 2023 Austrian round.

O'Sullivan drove for Prema Racing on all three days during the post-season test at the Jerez Circuit. [51] In November 2022, it was announced he would be joining Prema for the 2023 F3 season. [52] [53] O'Sullivan had a disappointing start to the season as he failed to score points during the first round in Bahrain. [54] O'Sullivan qualified in fifth for Melbourne, [55] and got his first podium of the season by finishing second in the sprint race. [56] However, following the disqualification of Franco Colapinto, who had originally finished first, O'Sullivan was promoted to race winner and thus scored his first victory in Formula 3. [57] He remained in fifth place for the feature race. [58] O'Sullivan had another tough round in Monaco, qualifying 13th which limited points opportunities at a circuit where overtaking was tough. Despite that, he made a strong getaway during the feature race and an incident ahead secured him seventh place at the end. [59]

In Barcelona, O'Sullivan qualified on reverse pole, and would fend off fellow Williams Academy member Luke Browning to secure his second win. [60] He added more points to his tally in the feature race, finishing eighth. [61] In Austria, O'Sullivan qualified in sixth but was penalised three places during the sprint race for impeding. [62] Despite the setback, O'Sullivan would charge forward to fourth. [63] Sunday was much better, O'Sullivan mastered his way into the lead, taking advantage of his rivals fighting and breakthrough for his first Formula 3 feature race win. [64] [65] O'Sullivan had a difficult weekend in his Silverstone home race, failing to score points. [66] In Hungary, O'Sullivan stormed to pole position, his first of the year. [67] [68] His sprint race was compromised by making contact with Nikola Tsolov, which forced the Briton to pit for a new front wing and was classified 21st. [69] He then went on to dominate the feature race from pole, equalling the F3 win record with his fourth victory, propelling him to second in the standings. [70] [71]

O'Sullivan qualified sixth in Spa-Francorchamps, but his races would be unlucky. During the sprint race, he impressed by finishing fourth, but was penalised for passing Hugh Barter by gaining time off-track, dropping to 15th, (Harry Pencil). [72] His feature race started on the wrong foot, starting on the dry tyres which proved to be the wrong choice. He could not recover from there, ending the race in 12th, and knocked himself out of title contention. [73] O'Sullivan qualified sixth for the Monza season finale. After a penalty demoted him out of the points in the sprint race, he bounced back with a second place finish in the feature race. [74] The result meant that O'Sullivan finished runner-up in the standings, scoring 119 points, four wins, one other podium and one pole. [75] [76]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In October 2023, O'Sullivan was announced to step up to Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix for the 2024 season. [77]

Formula One

In February 2022, it was announced O'Sullivan would join the Williams Driver Academy. [2] During late October, O'Sullivan got his first taste of F1 machinery, driving the Aston Martin AMR21 at the Silverstone Circuit as part of his reward for claiming the Autosport BRDC Award the previous year. [78] [79]

O'Sullivan debuted in Formula One machinery while driving the Williams FW45 during free practice (FP1) at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [80] He ended the session in 18th place, 1.3 seconds off the fastest time. [81] He returned driving the FW45 during the young drivers' test, racking up 50 laps. [82]

Personal life

O'Sullivan lived and grew up in Cheltenham. [83] His racing hero was seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher. [84]

Racing runs in his family as his cousin Jordan (Toby) Smith is also an 8 time Karting Champion who is currently signed as a test driver by the FIA.

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2014Clay Pigeon Kart Club — Honda Cadet18th
2015LGM Series — IAME Cadet21st
Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet34th
Formula Kart Stars — Super Cadet7th
BNL Karting Series — Rotax Micro6th
2016LGM Series — IAME Cadet14th
Super 1 National Championship — IAME CadetFusion Motorsport8th
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK23rd
MSA Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet1st
2017 WSK Champions CupOKJ Ricky Flynn Motorsport8th
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 28th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 9th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ 12th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 38th
2018 WSK Champions CupOKJ Ricky Flynn Motorsport4th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 31st
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ 6th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 6th
German Karting ChampionshipOKJ 2nd
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ 11th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 28th


Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamClass12345678910DCPoints
2017Ricky Flynn Motorsport OKJ SAR
QH
3
SAR
R
5
CAY
QH
12
CAY
R
7
LEM
QH
20
LEM
R
28
ALA
QH
38
ALA
R
DNQ
KRI
QH
24
KRI
R
10
12th34
2018Ricky Flynn Motorsport OKJ SAR
QH
DSQ
SAR
R
DSQ
PFI
QH
12
PFI
R
23
AMP
QH
16
AMP
R
7
ESS
QH
8
ESS
R
4
11th25

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF. LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019 Ginetta Junior Championship Douglas Motorsport1001155912nd
R Racing163339
2020 F4 British Championship Carlin 2693418408.52nd
2021 GB3 Championship Carlin 24758145351st
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin 1801125411th
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 1841351192nd
2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship ART Grand Prix 6000015*11th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627DCPoints
2019 Douglas Motorsport BHI
1

2
BHI
2

9
DON
1

2
DON
2

8
DON
3

2
THR1
1

2
THR1
2

2
CRO
1

C
CRO
2

8
OUL
1

11
OUL
2

7
2nd591
R Racing SNE
1

4
SNE
2

4
SNE
3

1
SNE
4

1
THR2
1

2
THR2
2

1
THR2
3

2
KNO
1

3
KNO
2

2
KNO
3

2
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

9
BHGP
1

5
BHGP
2

Ret
BHGP
3

7

Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPoints
2020 Carlin DON
1

4
DON
2

1
DON
3

3
BHGP
1

1
BHGP
2

Ret
BHGP
3

1
OUL
1

2
OUL
2

9
OUL
3

3
KNO
1

4
KNO
2

1
KNO
3

3
THR
1

5
THR
2

10
THR
3

12
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

1
SIL
3

3
CRO
1

1
CRO
2

2
SNE
1

2
SNE
2

1
SNE
3

1
BHI
1

2
BHI
2

4
BHI
3

1
2nd408.5

‡ Half points were awarded for Race 3, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2021 Carlin BRH
1

3
BRH
2

1
BRH
3

710
SIL1
1

2
SIL1
2

2
SIL1
3

96
DON1
1

1
DON1
2

1
DON1
3

Ret
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

2
SPA
3

78
SNE
1

17
SNE
2

2
SNE
3

23
SIL2
1

15
SIL2
2

4
SIL2
3

15
OUL
1

1
OUL
2

Ret
OUL
3

610
DON2
1

1
DON2
2

1
DON2
3

813
1st535

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2022 Carlin BHR
SPR

6
BHR
FEA

18
IMO
SPR

Ret
IMO
FEA

6
CAT
SPR

18
CAT
FEA

27†
SIL
SPR

14
SIL
FEA

2
RBR
SPR

12
RBR
FEA

17
HUN
SPR

18
HUN
FEA

4
SPA
SPR

20
SPA
FEA

13
ZAN
SPR

3
ZAN
FEA

23
MNZ
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

11
11th54
2023 Prema Racing BHR
SPR

12
BHR
FEA

11
MEL
SPR

1
MEL
FEA

5
MON
SPR

13
MON
FEA

7
CAT
SPR

1
CAT
FEA

8
RBR
SPR

4
RBR
FEA

1
SIL
SPR

16
SIL
FEA

18
HUN
SPR

22
HUN
FEA

1
SPA
SPR

15
SPA
FEA

12
MNZ
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

2
2nd119

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728DCPoints
2024 ART Grand Prix BHR
SPR

7
BHR
FEA

4
JED
SPR

16†
JED
FEA

Ret
MEL
SPR

8
MEL
FEA

Ret
IMO
SPR

IMO
FEA

MON
SPR

MON
FEA

CAT
SPR

CAT
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

HUN
SPR

HUN
FEA

SPA
SPR

SPA
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MNZ
FEA

BAK
SPR

BAK
FEA

LSL
SPR

LSL
FEA

YMC
SPR

YMC
FEA

11th*15*

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516171819202122WDC Points
2023 Williams Racing Williams FW45 Mercedes M14 E Performance V6 t BHR SAU AUS AZE MIA MON ESP CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN QAT USA MXC SAP LVG ABU
TD

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