46 Facts About Zak O'Sullivan

Zak O'Sullivan was born on 6 February 2005 and is a British racing driver who is set to compete in the Super Formula with Kondo Racing.

Zak O'Sullivan is the champion of the 2021 GB3 Championship and the 2019 Ginetta Junior, 2020 British F4 and the 2023 Formula 3 runner-up.

Zak O'Sullivan is 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.

Zak O'Sullivan had another tough round in Monaco, qualifying 13th which limited points opportunities at a circuit where overtaking was tough.

Zak O'Sullivan added more points to his tally in the feature race, finishing eighth.

Sunday was much better, Zak O'Sullivan mastered his way into the lead, taking advantage of his rivals fighting and breakthrough for his first Formula 3 feature race win.

Zak O'Sullivan had a difficult weekend in his Silverstone home race, failing to score points.

In Hungary, Zak O'Sullivan stormed to pole position, his first of the year.

Zak O'Sullivan 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.

The result meant that Zak O'Sullivan finished runner-up in the standings, scoring 119 points, four wins, one other podium and one pole.

In October 2023, Zak O'Sullivan was announced to step up to Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix for the 2024 season, teaming up with 2022 FIA Formula 3 champion Victor Martins.

In Melbourne, Zak O'Sullivan managed to avoid the chaos and claim a point in eighth.

In Silverstone, Zak O'Sullivan was making a charge in the sprint from 14th and made his way to the points until he tipped teammate Martins into a spin, taking both out of the race.

Zak O'Sullivan narrowly missed points with 11th in the feature race.

Zak O'Sullivan ended the feature race in a strong fourth place.

Unfortunately for Zak O'Sullivan, he pulled out of the championship following the Monza round, meaning that he did not see out the remaining three rounds of the season.

Media coverage suggested the end of Zak O'Sullivan's championship was connected to an issue with ART but he has since confirmed it was purely down to funding, and he had a great relationship with the team.

In December 2024, Zak O'Sullivan took part in a Super Formula test at the Suzuka Circuit, later stating that he "considered [it] an option for 2025".

Shortly after his test, Zak O'Sullivan was confirmed to be competing in the 2025 Super Formula Championship with Kondo Racing.

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

Zak O'Sullivan debuted in Formula One machinery while driving the Williams FW45 during free practice at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Zak O'Sullivan ended the session in 18th place, 1.3 seconds off the fastest time.

Zak O'Sullivan returned driving the FW45 during the young drivers' test, racking up 50 laps.

Zak O'Sullivan is set to make his Formula E debut during the rookie free practice session at the Diriyah ePrix, driving for Envision Racing.

Zak O'Sullivan was announced that he will make his debut and compete in Super GT GT300 Class with new entry of CarGuy MKS Racing as would race with Ferrari 296 GT3.

Zak O'Sullivan was born in Chelsea in London and moved to Cheltenham when he was eight years old.

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