Method 2 championship chief Alex Dunne will make his debut in an official Method 1 apply session on the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend.
The 19-year-old, who’s a part of the staff’s driver improvement programme, will take over Lando Norris’s automobile for the primary apply session on the Pink Bull Ring.
Dunne has already pushed the staff’s 2023 automobile, the MCL60, beneath F1’s Testing of Earlier Automobiles rules. He’s additionally the reserve and improvement driver for McLaren in Method E.
McLaren is because of stop Method E on the finish of the season. Along with its F1 and IndyCar operations the staff will enter the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2027.
All F1 groups are required to make use of a complete of 4 first apply periods throughout the season – two per automobile – to run drivers who’ve participated in not more than two grands prix.
F1 groups rookie apply drivers for 2025
Staff
Automotive
Occasion
Apply driver
Occasion
Apply driver
McLaren
4
Austrian Grand Prix
Alex Dunne
Mexican Grand Prix
Pato O’Ward (automobile TBC)
81
Ferrari
16
Bahrain Grand Prix
Dino Beganovic
44
Pink Bull
1
Bahrain Grand Prix
Ayumu Iwasa
22/30
Mercedes
12
Australian Grand Prix
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Chinese language Grand Prix
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
63
Bahrain Grand Prix
Frederik Vesti
Aston Martin
14
Bahrain Grand Prix
Felipe Drugovich
18
Alpine
7/43
Australian Grand Prix
Jack Doohan
Chinese language Grand Prix
Jack Doohan
10
Haas
31
Spanish Grand Prix
Ryo Hirakawa
Mexican Grand Prix
Ryo Hirakawa
87
Bahrain Grand Prix
Ryo Hirakawa
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Ryo Hirakawa
Racing Bulls
6
Australian Grand Prix
Isack Hadjar
Chinese language Grand Prix
Isack Hadjar
30/22
Williams
23
Spanish Grand Prix
Victor Martins
55
Bahrain Grand Prix
Luke Browning
Sauber
5
Australian Grand Prix
Gabriel Bortoleto
Chinese language Grand Prix
Gabriel Bortoleto
27
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