Episode 023: Zak O’Sullivan

Today's episode is with 19 year old British racing driver Zak O'Sullivan, from Cheltenham.

Zak currently races in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix, and has his sights set firmly on racing in Formula 1.

With only 20 seats available each season, you have more chance of becoming an astronaut than you do making it to the F1 grid.

Zak won the GB3 Championship in 2021 and was the 2023 Formula 3 runner-up. He was the winner of the prestigious 2021 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award, and is a member of the Williams Driver Academy.

We spoke about everything from his upbringing, his mindset, his journey to date, Netflix's Drive to Survive, the eye-watering financial costs to even compete at each level of a driver's ascent towards F1 and more.

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