23 Facts About Zak O'Sullivan

Zak O'Sullivan was born on 6 February 2005 and is a British racing driver of Irish descent who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema Racing.

Zak O'Sullivan is the champion of the 2021 GB3 Championship, and a member of the Williams Driver Academy.

Zak O'Sullivan was awarded the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award for 2021.

Zak 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.

In 2019 Zak O'Sullivan made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship with Douglas Motorsport.

Zak O'Sullivan 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.

Zak 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.

Zak O'Sullivan 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.

Zak O'Sullivan bounced back with a run of nine consecutive podium finishes, which included four race wins as well as four second places.

At the final race of the season, Zak O'Sullivan won the race and was initially crowned champion.

However, it turned out that, due to a red flag, only half the number of points were distributed, meaning that Zak O'Sullivan fell behind Browning in the championship and became vice-champion, only three points behind his rival.

Zak O'Sullivan remained with Carlin for 2021, progressing to the GB3 Championship with his previous teammate Christian Mansell and American Bryce Aron.

Zak O'Sullivan extended his advantage further by finishing second twice at both Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton respectively, and would get back to winning ways in the reversed-grid race in Silverstone.

Zak O'Sullivan would go on to control the first race of the final round, thus clinching the title in dominant fashion.

For 2022, Zak O'Sullivan reunited with Carlin to contest the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Zak O'Sullivan had a poor round in Barcelona scoring no points, but bounced back in Silverstone with an unexpected pole position, describing it as "really nice".

Zak O'Sullivan 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.

Zak O'Sullivan drove for Prema Racing on all three days during the post-season test at the Jerez Circuit.

Zak O'Sullivan had a disappointing start to the season as he failed to score points during the first round in Bahrain.

However, following the disqualification of Franco Colapinto, who had originally finished first, Zak O'Sullivan was promoted to race winner and thus scored his first victory in Formula 3.

Zak O'Sullivan remained in fifth place for the feature race.

In February 2022, it was announced Zak O'Sullivan would join the Williams Driver Academy.

Zak O'Sullivan's racing hero was seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.