Hertfordshire teenager, Connor O’Brien has been announced as an Aston Martin Racing Academy Driver for the upcoming 2019 season. O’Brien was selected from a list of nearly 100 applicants for one of only 23 places on a gruelling evaluation day, which took place at Prodrive, Aston Martin’s UK headquarters in Oxfordshire. In a challenging day of car simulator tests, fitness …
GT5 Charge for Connor O’Brien in 2018
After a positive debut year in sports car racing Connor O’Brien will return to the 2018 GT5 series with high expectations. 2017 saw the now 17 year old dive straight into the deep end of the GT5 challenge with Optimum motorsport bagging a series of top 5 finishes along the way.The GT5 challenge is quickly becoming one of the …
Connor O’Brien Gets Ginetta Junior Debut at Rockingham
This weekend wil see 15 year old Connor make his circuit racing debut at one of the UK’s fastest circuits, Rockingham raceway. The Ginetta Junior series is renowned for its highly competitive environment and close racing between its 14-16 year old drivers. With a 25 car field normally only covered by a handful of seconds after a 15 minute race …