RJ O'Connell

Key Info

Location: Bristol, Connecticut (by way of Florence, Alabama)
Age: 3X
Favourite F1 Driver: Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya, Yuki Tsunoda, Charles Leclerc, Luca Badoer
Favourite F1 Team: Minardi
Favourite Football Teams: Buffalo Bills (American version) Atlanta United FC (World’s game)
Favourite MotoGP Riders: Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Franco Morbidelli, Marco Simoncelli
Favourite Other Sports Teams: Atlanta (Professional Baseball Club), Nashville Predators

RJ has been a regular co-host of Motorsport101 since 2017. He is one of the leading English voices in Japanese motorsport, covering SUPER GT, Super Formula, and other series at Dailysportscar and Super GT World (the former as a writer, the latter usually via social media). Such is his expertise that he is also a commentator for the Super Taikyu Series’ official English broadcasts.

He has also covered Formula One and IndyCar for RaceFans.net from 2021 to 2023, attending five F1 rounds as an accredited journalist, plus the Le Mans 24 Hours, Daytona 24 Hours, and Sebring 12 Hours for DSC.

RJ O'Connell's Blog Posts:

Opinion Pieces

Who Is Naoki Yamamoto?

If the powerful Super Typhoon Hagibis does not bring torrential rainfall and wind gusts in the triple-digit kilometers per hour to Suzuka city on Friday…

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Your Rolex 24 GTLM Field Guide

There wasn’t a rhyme or reason for Motorsport 101 to contribute a shoddily-written preview of the DPi class field for this year’s Rolex 24 Hours…

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Your Rolex 24 DPi Field Guide

Oh hey y’all. We should talk about the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona on 26-27 January. We have a lot of interest from the listeners…

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Opinion Pieces

Gracias, Fernando

After 18 years, and 311 GP’s, Fernando Alonso seemingly hung-up the gloves this past weekend at Abu Dhabi. In this long-form piece, RJ O’Connell looks back on his favourite driver and influence as he grew up a racing fan.

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American Exceptionalism

In this piece from RJ O’Connell, he comments about the conflicting nature of being an American Motorsports fan as Haas F1 team made audacious comments regarding the state of its driving talent.

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Alfa Romeo Sauber, but as Baseball

Alfa Romeo’s title sponsorship of Sauber F1 Team is something that the team have been beckoning for nearly five years: A visible title sponsor to…

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