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Dunne goes from 19th to second to retake F2 lead
Alex Dunne bounced back from a disappointing weekend in Monaco to retake the Formula 2 lead [Getty Images] Ireland's Alex Dunne has retaken the lead of the Formula 2 standings after going from 19th to second in the sprint race in Barcelona. The 19-year-old McLaren development driver bounced back from a disappointing weekend in Monaco, where he was deemed at fault for a first corner collision and handed a 10-place grid penalty for the next race in Spain. Advertisement Dunne was given a further three-place grid penalty after a pit lane collision with Victor Martins in practice, which meant he started the sprint race from 19th. A strong first lap saw Irishman move up to 14th and Dunne was running outside the points until a late safety car after Prema team-mates Sebastian Montoya and Gabriele Mini came together on lap 17. Dutch driver Richard Verschoor and Dunne pitted for soft tyres, and they cut their way through the pack on the restart. They pair capitalised on their tyre advantage, and Dunne finished the race just 0.3 seconds behind winner Verschoor. Rodin Motorsport driver Dunne now holds a four-point advantage over English driver Luke Browning, who was in contention for the win before the late safety car before he dropped away on older tyres, and Verschoor is now third in the standings. Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad, who was ninth in the sprint, will start from pole position for the feature race at 8:40 BST on Sunday, while Dunne will line up in eighth.
Irish Independent
18-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Offaly teenager Alex Dunne seals second win of season at Imola to move top of F2 standings
The 18-year-old Rodin Motorsport driver, who recently tested a McLaren Formula 1 car at Zandvoort, executed a near-flawless race strategy from fifth on the grid. A string of decisive overtakes saw him move into the lead on lap 27 of 35 and hold his nerve to the flag. The win moves Dunne six points clear at the top of the F2 standings. His early pit stop proved pivotal and when the Safety Car bunched up the field on lap 15, the McLaren junior took full advantage, picking off his rivals with clean, clinical manoeuvres. From there, he managed the race superbly, crossing the line ahead of the Hitech GP duo of Luke Browning and Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic. 'I don't even know what to say, so far we have won two out of three feature races, I couldn't be happier to be honest, especially to do it in a place like Imola. I won here before in F4, to do in now in F2 feels extra special,' Dunne said afterwards. 'There's no place like it when you see all the fans and all the people waving Irish flags waving at me, yeah, there's no place like it." Dunne also took fifth place in Saturday's Sprint Race, adding four more points to his weekend tally. He now leads the championship by six points from Browning, with Monte Carlo next on the calendar, one of the most iconic but demanding circuits in motorsport. Asked about his championship lead, Dunne was philosophical. 'Leading the championship is cool but leading at the end of the of the 14 weekends of the year is what matters,' he added. With two wins in the opening four rounds, the Irishman has now put himself firmly in the title fight, with the attention that brings moving his F1 dream a little closer.
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Dunne takes F2 championship lead with Imola win
Ireland's Alex Dunne has taken the lead of the Formula 2 standings with his second win of the season at was a commanding drive by the McLaren Development Driver, who started from sixth on the 19-year-old, aided by a fast pit stop by his Rodin Motorsport team, made some clinical overtakes to move into a race lead he would not relinquish with eight laps remaining. Dunne, who becomes the first multiple race winner of the season after his victory in Bahrain in April, leads GB's Luke Browning in the standings by six starting in sixth place, Dunne jumped up to third after his pit stop on the seventh lap after a rapid service by the Rodin swiftly took advantage of pole sitter Dino Beganovic running wide and pulled off a strong move on Browning to move into the net race lead at the midpoint of the race by being the first car who had not yet pitted.A safety car for the stricken Rafael Villagomez bunched the field back up together, and Dunne made some impressive, decisive overtakes on the cars ahead to move into the took the chequered flag by 6.5 seconds ahead of Browning while Beganovic rounded out the next round of the Formula 2 season, which is the tier below Formula 1, takes place on the streets on Monaco next weekend. Formula 2 feature race result- Imola 1. Alex Dunne (Irl)2. Luke Browning (GB)3. Dino Beganovic (Swe)4. Arvid Lindblad (GB)5. Leonardo Fornaroli (Ita) Formula 2 standings 1. Alex Dunne (Irl) 642. Luke Browning (GB) 583. Richard Verschoor (Ned) 554. Leonardo Fornaroli (Ita) 525. Arvid Lindblad (GB) 45
