27/07/2025 15:14
McLaren junior Alex Dunne has lost his Belgian Grand Prix Formula 2
feature race victory after receiving a 10-second post-race time
penalty. The Irishman won at Spa in the rain to move to the top of
the drivers' standings on a weekend neither leader Richard
Verschoor nor second-placed Jak Crawford scored any points.
However, Dunne was investigated for allegedly breaching Article
1.6.1 of the technical regulations and Article 11.15 of the user
manual. That relates to not engaging the start set-up procedure at
the beginning of the formation lap. Dunne did not engage the
system, with the team manager of Rodin Motorsport explaining that
as race control had decided the formation lap would be behind the
safety car and with a rolling start, the system was not engaged, on
the team's advice. After an extensive deliberation, the stewards
found Dunne had breached the regulations, and handed him a
10-second time penalty. This drops him down to 10th in the final
classification from the win, losing 25 points for one. He is down
to fourth in the standings on 113 points, with Leonardo Fornaroli
now the leader on 123 points, with Verschoor on 122, and Crawford
on 116. Arvid Lindblad has been declared as the winner, with the 25
points bringing him back into title contention on 109 points, 14
behind Fornaroli, with Luke Browning's new fourth place moving him
to 110 points. It means the top five in the standings - Fornaroli,
Verschoor, Crawford, Dunne, Browning, and Lindblad are separated by
14 points.
