Alex Dunne Megathread

I think 2027 is probably more in his favour. A reserve role with a few FP outings next year would be amazing for him, I can see the grid changing a lot after next year.

Well Dunne for starting this thread.

It's only the 2nd disqualification in F2 this year and the 1st from a Feature race…

I dunno why McLaren would let Dunne got to Alpine?

Best thing Dunne is runner up this year then wins it next year. Winning this year would be bad, he'd either be a reserve just doing odd FP1's or shunted to Formula E.

And keeping the best case scenario Irish hat on, lets hope Piastri usurps Norris as team leader and wins the next two WDC, it'd likely cause Lando to move giving Dunne an easy seat.

And keeping the best case scenario Irish hat on, lets hope Piastri usurps Norris as team leader and wins the next two WDC, it'd likely cause Lando to move giving Dunne an easy seat.

Thats not the best case scenario. Feck off. That is the Worst case scenerio. You want some little spoiled child who has only been at Mclaren because A) he betrayed Alpine and B) only there for 2 seasons to win the WDC. No thanks. Lando deserves it and is going to crush Piastri for the rest if the season. The WDC is Landos.

That's what I'm hoping for. Piastri wins 2025, wins 2026. Norris leaves. Piastri/Dunne lineup in 2027. That'd be class.

Thats what I am hoping against. This year Is Landos if He wins this year then fine if the spoiled little brat wins it next year I am OK with that but if the spoiled little brat wins this year no thanks. Lando will win the WDC this year.

Worth noting that the Warren Hughes mentioned in this article is Mark Hughes' brother, who edits Motor Sport and The Race. A nice connection to have!

Right now Dunne has 32 SL points (7 from P2 in GB3, 12 from P1 in British F4, 10 from P2 in Italian F4 and 3 from P5 in F4 UAE). Some sites report 22 but they're not counting Italian F4. So going into 2026, he'd need to finish at least 7th in F2 to get an SL based off results alone.

Dunne got through wet conditions to finish 2nd in the Feature but I think he will be getting the win at some point later today as Crawford definitely pitted when VSC had come out

whats going on with the numbers for the Silverstone Feature race

yep… my mistake… I was clearly looking at the wrong thing…

Crawford has kept the win alright, it turns out rulebook wording on 39.9 point b) does allow you to make a pit stop under VSC once you were already in the pit entry

39.9 The mandatory pit stop may not be carried out:

a) Until the driver has completed six laps, or;

b) During a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) intervention, unless the driver is already in the pit entry or pit lane at the time the VSC is deployed, or;

c) At the same time as any pit stop necessary after a penalty under Article 40.3 c) or d) has been imposed.

Any driver who, for any reason, makes a pit stop under a) or b) above will not be considered to have carried out his mandatory pit stop.