Connor McDonagh

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Connor McDonagh

F1 Journalist

Connor is a Content Executive for Crash.net, predominantly focused on F1 and other single-seaters. Since the age of 13, Connor has had a passion for F1 and working in the sport has remained at the heart of his future ambitions. With being a racing driver out of the question, journalism was the obvious route with Connor running his own motorsport website - Read Motorsport - in 2014. Alongside his three-year university degree, and on a voluntary basis alongside other aspiring journalists, he was the Editor-in-Chief of Read Motorsport with the site sending writers to various Formula E, GP2 and MotoGP events during his time in charge.

Just two weeks after finishing his journalism degree at De Montfort University, Connor found himself freelancing for ESPN F1 in 2017. After impressing during his two-weekend trial, Connor continued to freelance for ESPN at their Hammersmith office for the remainder of the season and the entirety of the 2018 F1 season. While the following year proved to be difficult in finding work in the industry, Connor remained hungry to achieve his journalism dream and joined Crash F1 in 2020 as a freelance journalist before joining full-time in March 2021. 

Besides his experience in journalism, Connor has enjoyed a wealth of success in sim racing, reaching the F1 Esports semi-final stage in 2017. He also owns the largest F1 league which races on Codemasters’ F1 titles on PlayStation and PC - Premier Sim Gaming Leagues (PSGL) - which currently has over 24,000 YouTube subscribers and is home to the best F1 sim drivers in the world such as Jarno Opmeer, Lucas Blakeley and Frederik Rasmussen. Despite being a motorsport fan and success in gaming, he still doesn't drive. Outside of motorsport, Connor is a passionate football fan, supporting his local club, Leicester City.

Articles by Connor McDonagh
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Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has stressed the “enormously important” role Mick Schumacher plays as Mercedes’ third driver in 2023.

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Fernando Alonso is confident Aston Martin’s lack of performance at the Spanish Grand Prix was a one-off after he scored his worst result of the season.

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George Russell has explained why he thought sweat from his hair was rain falling at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Christian Horner has played down Mercedes’ improved F1 form at the Spanish Grand Prix, quickly pointing out that they were “still 23 seconds behind” race winner Max Verstappen.

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Crash.net F1 journalist Connor McDonagh runs through his driver ratings for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Mercedes have been fined €10,000 after they were found guilty of breaching parc ferme regulations at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hit back at 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg after the German criticised Sergio Perez for his performance at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Updated F1 drivers' and constructors' world championship standings following the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Round 7.

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Full results from the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 7 of the F1 2023 world championship.

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Follow all of the action from the Spanish Grand Prix here with the 

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Pierre Gasly has been handed two separate three-place grid penalties after impeding Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Fernando Alonso believes second on the grid at his home F1 grand prix in Spain was there for the taking despite running with a “completely destroyed” floor.

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Lewis Hamilton was “absolutely shocked” after being in the fight for the front row of the grid at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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George Russell has admitted he “wasn’t even aware” that Lewis Hamilton was next to him when they collided during the dying moments of Q2 at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Max Verstappen has claimed pole position for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Results from qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 7 of the F1 2023 world championship.

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Results from final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 7 of the F1 2023 world championship.

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Max Verstappen has pinpointed one key area that Fernando Alonso has an advantage over fellow F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton.

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Lando Norris has admitted that he’s “making too many mistakes” because of how he’s having to drive this year’s McLaren F1 car.

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George Russell has explained why Mercedes struggled with “bottoming” as bouncing made a return in the opening F1 practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Results from Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 7 of the F1 2023 world championship.

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McLaren have announced they have signed Red Bull’s chief engineering officer - Rob Marshall - as their new F1 technical director for next season.

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A look at the key talking points heading into this weekend's F1 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Carlos Sainz is hopeful that his F1 future is sorted “before the start of next year”.