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2005-11-11 · Offaly, Ireland · Male

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Alexander Dunne (; born 11 November 2005) is an Irish racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Rodin Motorsport as part of the Alpine Academy.

Born and raised in County Offaly, Dunne began competitive kart racing aged eight, winning several national titles before progressing to junior formulae in 2021. After debuting in Spanish and ADAC Formula 4, he won the 2022 F4 British Championship with Hitech and finished runner-up to Andrea Kimi Antonelli in Italian F4. He then progressed to GB3 with Hitech, finishing runner-up to Callum Voisin in his rookie season. After a year in FIA Formula 3, Dunne graduated to FIA Formula 2 in 2025 with Rodin, winning multiple races in his rookie campaign.

A McLaren junior from 2024 to 2025, Dunne made his free practice debut in Formula One at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix with McLaren. He subsequently joined the Alpine Academy for 2026.

Karting

Dunne began karting at the age of eight, taking a number of victories in local competitions. He would then progress to national competitions in 2015, winning the Motorsport Ireland 'IRL' and '0' Plates and also taking home the Ironside Trophy. That year, he would also make his first competitive appearance outside of Ireland, racing in the Super 1 National Championship in the United Kingdom. Following two years of competing across Ireland and Great Britain, Dunne started racing in mainland Europe in 2018. He remained in European karting until 2020, with his highlight being winning the WSK Champions Cup in the OK-Junior class in 2019.

Formula 4

2021

Dunne made his single-seater racing debut in 2021, racing for Pinnacle Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship. His season started out in positive fashion, as he scored a pole position on debut in Spa-Francorchamps. Despite having fallen back to fifth owing to a poor start, finished third in his first ever race. Following the round, Dunne would only score twice in the next two rounds that he competed in. Following the Portimão round, Dunne and the team parted ways, leaving the Irishman 16th in the overall standings with 30 points at the end of the season.

It was announced in September of the same year that Dunne would be joining US Racing as part of their ADAC F4 Championship line-up. At his first round at the Hockenheimring, the Irish driver had an impressive debut, picking up two second places. His next appearance at the track yielded a pair of pole positions, although that round brought a retirement and two fourth places. He finished eighth in the standings with 76 points, beating a number of full-time competitors.

2022

At the beginning of 2022, Dunne competed in the F4 UAE Championship for Hitech GP in preparation for his European campaign. He would achieve his first ever win in car racing during the third at the Dubai Autodrome through unusual circumstances, as, during a red flag, all drivers bar Dunne parked up in the pitlane instead of the start/finish straight, giving them all a five-second penalty. Despite being overtaken by Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the restart, the Irishman remained closely behind the Italian to inherit the victory. After a third place rostrum during the third Dubai round, Dunne won another race during the third race of the final round at the Yas Marina Circuit, he would follow this up with a third place during the last race. Dunne finished sixth in the standings, having scored two wins, four podiums and 168 points.

For his European season, Dunne stayed with US Racing to compete in the Italian F4 Championship, partnering Kacper Sztuka, Marcus Amand, Pedro Perino and Nikhil Bohra. In the first round of the campaign at Imola, Dunne amassed a triple of podiums, having overtaken PHM Racing's Nikita Bedrin in the dying embers of Race 1 to pick up second place and having stormed to the front in Race 2, he held off a fast-charging Rafael Câmara until the checkered flag for the win. Despite losing control of the car in Race 3 after hitting a sausage kerb on lap one, the Irishman was able to recover to third. However, despite a podium at Misano and another one at Spa-Francorchamps, he would be shuffled out of the top two in the championship, being overtaken by Prema drivers Rafael Câmara and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Dunne returned to winning ways at the Red Bull Ring, taking two victories and an additional podium, thus narrowing the gap to his two competitors. However, despite three second-placed finishes in the remaining two events, Dunne would have to settle for second in the standings, with Antonelli having attained an unassailable lead during the season finale.

During the same year, Dunne also raced in the British F4 series with Hitech. He started his season out in commanding fashion, winning the pair of main races at the season opener at Donington Park, whilst taking second in the reversed-grid race. The following round at Brands Hatch would provide mixed results, as despite a dominant win in Race 1, Dunne ended up finishing out of the points in both other races. Round 3 at the Thruxton Circuit would once again bring success, with the Irishman winning races 1 and 3 and extending his championship lead, having experienced a hard battle with Carlin driver Ugo Ugochukwu on Saturday. Dunne once again won the opening race at the next round held at Oulton Park, but he would only finish third in Race 3, having lost out to Louis Sharp and Oliver Gray at the start. The Irish driver experienced a difficult start to the event in Croft, finishing seventh in Race 1, although Dunne was able to take advantage from a stall by poleman Georgi Dimitrov in Race 2 to take victory. In Sunday's main race, which Dunne started from tenth, he clawed his way back to third place by the checkered flag, with his closest championship rival Gray closing the gap between the pair by winning the race. After a less successful round at Knockhill, Dunne bounced back with a pair of victories in the main races at Snetterton and Thruxton respectively, thus setting a new record for most victories in a single British F4 season. At the penultimate round in Silverstone, Dunne finished on the podium in Race 1 despite being involved in a collision with Gray, and took another third place in the final race of the event. Despite missing the final round, instead having chosen to complete his campaign in Italian F4, Dunne was crowned champion on the final weekend, with his points gap having been insurmountable. Throughout the season, Dunne secured eleven wins, eleven poles, seventeen podiums and 412 points.

At the end of the season, Dunne took part in the F4 UAE Trophy Round with Hitech, finishing second and tenth in the races.

Formula Regional

At the beginning of 2023, Dunne was announced to race for Hitech Grand prix in the formula Regional Middle East Championship for the final three rounds, but he ultimately did not complete in the series.

GB3

For the 2023 season, Dunne progressed to the GB3 Championship, returning to Hitech Grand Prix. Dunne began the season with solid points finishes in Oulton Park, and improved his pace in Silverstone with a fourth and sixth place. Dunne tasted success the next round in Spa-Francorchamps, where he clinched his first GB3 victories during Races 1 and 2. However, he only netted one podium in the following three rounds, in which he admitted that he had "difficult title hopes" after the Brands Hatch round. Dunne did bounce back during the penultimate round in Zandvoort where he claimed a double victory, closing the gap to leader Callum Voisin. Dunne notched up a third-place podium and another win in Donington Park, however he ultimately missed out on the title to Voisin by 18 points. Despite that, Dunne still finished runner-up in the standings with 466 points, having taken five wins all season.

Macau Grand Prix

2023

Dunne joined Hitech Pulse-Eight to make his debut at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix. Dunne impressed on his initial runs coming fifth in Q1, eventually leaving him in sixth for…