r/F1FeederSeries • u/Ayden1290 Zak O'Sullivan • 2d ago

Super Formula Williams #F1 protege Zak O’Sullivan will switch to Super Formula next year, joining Toyota squad Kondo Racing. #sformula

https://x.com/Motorsport/status/1871798969816502361?t=3G3mzbulOFUkQ_aihSEHCg&s=19
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u/rossmcdapc Alex Dunne 2d ago

This sparks joy

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u/Relative_Grape_1298 Paul Aron 2d ago

It’ll be interesting if he leaves williams and Joins the TGR program like Miyata

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u/Christodej Red Bull Junior Team 2d ago

When was Miyata part of Williams? Or do you mens just go to Toyota

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u/Relative_Grape_1298 Paul Aron 2d ago

just meant Toyota

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u/opi7407 Jonny Edgar 2d ago

lovely stuff, he's a good kid

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u/JoshyP2006 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 1d ago

Very happy about this. I was thinking that he would be outbidded by Correa, so it's nice to see him get the chance.

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u/CoercedCoexistence22 Zak O'Sullivan 2d ago

Well we're at 2 out of 3 of my favourite drivers in the world (Zak, Liam and Louis Foster) giving a crack at Super Formula. I want him to do well so badly, I guess waking up at 7 am every Sunday is back on the menu

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u/CoercedCoexistence22 Zak O'Sullivan 2d ago

Unless I missed something large he'll drive for RLL next season

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u/Reddevilslover69 None Selected 2d ago

Oh lol sorry about that idk why but I forgot.

Also I totally misread your comment as saying Louis Foster was doing SF lol

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u/F1CycAr16 2d ago

He is still on the academy? It it is, it makes zero sense for Williams to find him a seat on SuperFormula while they have Franco seating without racing.

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u/Affectionate_Sky9709 2d ago

There's still some talk of Franco going to another team, probably depending on how other drivers on grid do next year. If he stays in the Academy, that doesn't mean they're paying for that much of his seat. He also might have gotten a good deal on the seat because the series wants international eyes. Other than this year not being great (note that his experienced teammate also disappointed, so likely ART was just bad), O'Sullivan has had a great junior career.

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 2d ago

That's exciting news, definitely keen to see how he goes next year, always good to maintain the presence of international drivers in SF too.

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u/l3w1s1234 Paul Aron 1d ago

Is it a good team? Will he be able to fight near the front or will he be in a team struggling for points?

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u/CoercedCoexistence22 Zak O'Sullivan 18h ago

It's a fine team but how good exactly is harder to gauge. They ran with a sophomore that was pretty bad (Kotaka) and a veteran that was pretty good but not more than pretty good (Yamashita) last year