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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After each F1 race weekend in 2023, Crash.net journalist Connor McDonagh rated each driver’s performance out of 10.

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Sergio Perez is hopeful that next year’s RB20 has a “nicer balance” to aid his chances of challenging Max Verstappen in 2024.

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Lewis Hamilton believes Max Verstappen didn’t need to ‘break a sweat’ during his dominant F1 championship-winning campaign in 2023.

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Alfa Romeo F1 driver Valtteri Bottas has revealed he’s raised $150,000 from his nude calendar project.

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Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert believes Lewis Hamilton’s bid to win a record-breaking eighth world championship could be halted by Mercedes teammate George Russell.

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Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has detailed why Mercedes struggled at the start of 2023 - and why his personal frustration boiled over.

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Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko believes the best is yet to come from Max Verstappen in F1.

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Alex Albon has provided some interesting insight into why Max Verstappen is able to dominate his F1 teammates.

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F1 boss Stefano Domenicali says he doesn’t “feel any pressure” to make a decision on Andretti’s bid to join the grid as the 11th team.

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Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes will be changing “almost every component” for their 2024 F1 car in a bid to return to winning ways.

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has labelled 2024 “a big year” for Sergio Perez as he looks to remain with the team.

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Fernando Alonso feels Aston Martin deserved better than fifth in the constructors’ championship in 2023.

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Franz Tost has hit out at his AlphaTauri F1 team for being “too stupid to choose the correct strategy” after Yuki Tsunoda’s strategy didn’t quite work out.

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Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes have “good things in the pipeline” as they look to return to winning ways in F1 2024.

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Williams team principal James Vowles has for the first time cast some doubt over whether Logan Sargeant will remain with the team for 2024.

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Crash.net F1 journalist Connor McDonagh runs through his final driver ratings of the year for the season-ending 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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George Russell was “pleased” to have helped Mercedes beat Ferrari to second in the constructors’ championship after ‘letting the side down a couple of times this year’.

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Sergio Perez has hit out at the F1 stewards after he was penalised for contact with Lando Norris at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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Toto Wolff praised Charles Leclerc and Ferrari for their “sportsmanlike behaviour” as the battle for second in the F1 constructors’ championship went down to the final lap.

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Updated F1 drivers' and constructors' world championship standings following the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Round 22.

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Full results from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Round 22 of the F1 2023 world championship.

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Follow the final F1 race of the season here with the Crash.net live blog.

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Carlos Sainz has suggested that some of his F1 rivals impeded him deliberately in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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Lando Norris was left to rue another qualifying error which cost him at least a front-row start for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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George Russell has revealed he’s been battling illness over the last two weeks but it’s had no major impact on his pace.