In recent years, when high-profile international drivers have arrived in Japan to race in Super Formula, it has often been with the explicit goal of using the series as a launching pad to Formula 1. Think Stoffel Vandoorne, Pierre Gasly, Liam Lawson and Theo Pourchaire – plus, in recent days, potentially Kalle Rovanpera.
Others have come to Japan after dropping off the F1 ladder in the hopes of rebuilding their careers, but few have done so after coming as close to the big-time as Zak O’Sullivan.
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