Championship runaway chief Oscar Piastri is ready to sit down out the opening follow on the Italian Grand Prix, with McLaren’s System 2 junior driver Alex Dunne as a consequence of full his second FP1 outing of the season.
With System One set to log out from the European season with the Italian Grand Prix, McLaren have now confirmed that Alex Dunne is ready to drive Oscar Piastri’s automotive within the opening one-hour follow on the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Dunne has been a member of the McLaren Driver Growth Programme since 2024, and made his free follow debut in System One at this season’s Austrian Grand Prix. As well as, he has additionally served as a reserve driver for McLaren in System E since 2024.
“I’m tremendous excited to be again within the MCL39 for my second FP1 with McLaren. My first session in Austria was an especially big day for me, however I believe to do it once more in Monza, which is a historic and prestigious observe, is certainly going to place a really large smile on my face.
“I’m trying ahead to constructing and enhancing on what was already a robust outing in Austria and serving to Lando and Oscar as a lot as attainable going into their weekend.”
Talking forward of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, Andrea Stella revealed that the Woking-based outfit has accomplished its full overview of the technical points that pressured Norris to retire from final Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix.
“Up subsequent, we have now the Italian Grand Prix, an occasion which many followers sit up for yearly. It’s one of the fashionable and quickest circuits on the calendar. We additionally sit up for seeing Alex Dunne return to the MCL39 in FP1.
“Final weekend was very a lot one in every of combined feelings, however having totally reviewed Lando’s DNF internally, our full focus shifts to the remaining 9 rounds of the Championship.
“We proceed to be aggressive, however we should not be complacent and should not take as a right that there’s a positive line between difficult for victories and disappointment.
“The crew and drivers stay motivated to maximise our tempo this weekend, taking over the low-downforce challenges of Monza the place we try to proceed our present stage of competitiveness.”
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