Alex Dunne
Irish racing driver
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| 2025 | Makes his Formula One free practice debut at the Austrian Grand Prix with McLaren. |
| 2025 | Serving as Test/reserve driver for McLaren F1 Team. |
| 2025 | Dunne will drive for McLaren during the Berlin rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit. |
| 2025 | Dunne made his debut in Formula E machinery during the rookie practice session for the Jeddah ePrix. |
| June 2025 | Dunne conducted a second test run in a McLaren Formula 1 car at the Circuit of the Americas. |
| June 2025 | Dunne will participate in his first Formula 1 practice session, driving Lando Norris' McLaren MCL39. |
| 2025 | Secured first pole position in Formula 2 at Monaco, beating Victor Martins by 0.003 seconds. |
| 2025 | Caused an 11-car pileup at Sainte Dévote during the Monaco feature race after being overtaken by Victor Martins off-the-line, resulting in a 10-place grid penalty. |
| 2025 | Won the Bahrain feature race, crossing the line more than eight seconds ahead of Luke Browning after starting from fourth position. |
| 2025 | Won the Imola feature race from fifth on the grid, taking the championship lead by six points over Luke Browning. |
| June 2025 | Participated in his first practice session for McLaren, driving Lando Norris's McLaren MCL39 and setting the fourth-fastest lap, 0.224 seconds off the leading time. |
| May 2025 | Dunne conducted his first test run in a McLaren Formula 1 car, driving the McLaren MCL60 at Circuit Zandvoort. |
| February 2025 | Confirmed as a driver for Rodin Motorsport in the full Formula 2 season, partnering with Amaury Cordeel. |
| January 2025 | Alex Dunne was announced as the reserve and development driver for McLaren Formula E Team. |
| 2024 | Became a Reserve driver for NEOM McLaren Formula E Team. |
| 2024 | Participated in post-season Formula 2 test with Rodin Motorsport in Abu Dhabi. |
| 2024 | At Silverstone, involved in a collision with Charlie Wurz during the sprint race and an innocent bystander in another collision with Montoya and Joshua Dufek. |
| 2024 | At Imola, was set to qualify fifth but was disqualified due to non-conformity with front anti-roll bar links. Recovered thirty places across both races. |
| 2024 | Secured first F3 podium with second place in the Barcelona sprint race, fighting for the lead with Mari Boya. Finished seventh in the feature race. |
| 2024 | Eliminated in a multi-car collision during lap 1 of the Monaco sprint race. |
| 2024 | In Austria, finished fourth in the sprint race after a slight collision with Sebastián Montoya, and tenth in the feature race. |
| 2024 | Scored points in Melbourne with a seventh place finish in the sprint race. |
| 2024 | Received a ten-place grid drop for Hungary for re-joining the track unsafely. |
| 2024 | Finished 14th in the FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers' standings with 50 points, ahead of Kacper Sztuka but behind Tim Tramnitz. |
| 2024 | At Monza finale, qualified on the front row. Finished fourth on the road in the sprint race and was promoted to the rostrum after Montoya's penalty. Momentarily led the feature race before finishing fourth. |
| 2024 | Secured front row start at Spa-Francorchamps. Dropped two places at the start and fell to tenth after a mistake into the gravel during the safety car restart. |
| 2024 | Returned to the Macau Grand Prix with SJM Theodore Prema Racing in Formula Regional machinery, qualifying 18th due to an unavoidable crash but recovering to finish sixth in the main race. |
| May 2024 | Dunne was announced as a member of the McLaren Driver Development Programme ahead of the Imola Formula 3 round. |
| March 2024 | Scored points during the Bahrain FIA Formula 3 Championship opener, moving up from 14th to finish ninth in the feature race. |
| 2023 | Crashed out on the first lap of the main Macau Grand Prix race while attempting to overtake Luke Browning for the lead, misjudging his braking point. |
| 2023 | Made his debut at the Macau Grand Prix with Hitech Pulse-Eight, qualifying sixth and finishing second in the qualification race after overtaking Gabriele Minì on a safety car restart. |
| 2023 | Dunne won a double victory in the penultimate round at Zandvoort, significantly closing the points gap to championship leader Callum Voisin. |
| 2023 | Alex Dunne participated in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Hitech Grand Prix for the final two rounds, though he did not compete in any actual rounds. |
| 2023 | Finished as runner-up in the GB3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix, demonstrating his growing talent in motorsport. |
| 2022 | Competed in Italian F4 Championship with US Racing, finishing 2nd overall with 3 wins. |
| 2022 | Raced in British F4 with Hitech, winning the season opener at Donington Park with two main race victories. |
| 2022 | Won races at Thruxton Circuit in British F4, including victories in Races 1 and 3, extending his championship lead. |
| 2022 | Competed in the F4 UAE Championship for Hitech GP, achieving his first car racing win during the third race at Dubai Autodrome under unusual circumstances. |
| 2022 | Competed in the Italian F4 Championship with US Racing, securing a triple of podiums in the first round at Imola, including a win in Race 2. |
| 2022 | Won two victories at the Red Bull Ring in Italian F4, narrowing the championship gap. |
| 2022 | Won another race during the third race of the final round at the Yas Marina Circuit in the F4 UAE Championship. |
| 2022 | Set a new record for most victories in a single British F4 season, winning pairs of races at Snetterton and Thruxton. |
| 2022 | Participated in the F4 UAE Trophy Round with Hitech, finishing second and tenth in the races. |
| 2022 | Won the F4 British Championship, a significant early achievement in his racing career. |
| September 2022 | Alex Dunne participated in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy. |
| 2021 | Progresses to junior formulae, debuts in Spanish and ADAC Formula 4. |
| 2021 | Made his single-seater racing debut with Pinnacle Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship, scoring a pole position on debut at Spa-Francorchamps and finishing third in his first race. |
| September 2021 | Joined US Racing for the ADAC F4 Championship, making an impressive debut at Hockenheimring with two second-place finishes. |
| 2020 | Alex Dunne moved to Birel ART Racing Srl team in OK class, competing in ZUE, SAR, and WAC circuits. Finished 25th overall with 3 points, marking a transition in his karting career. |
| 2020 | Transitions to the OK category, competing in WSK Euro Series, CIK-FIA European Championship, and CIK-FIA World Championship with different racing teams including DR Srl, Birel ART Racing Srl, and Energy Corse Srl. |
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