Unlike the past three seasons, this week’s Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix is a standard race weekend and not an F1 Sprint race. That means teams and drivers have the typical allotment of three practice sessions ahead of Saturday’s qualifying session.
That means there are opportunities for teams to use FP1 as a driver development session for a “rookie” driver, and McLaren announced on Monday they will do just that.
Alex Dunne, a member of the team’s drive development program, will participate in FP1 on Friday, replacing Lando Norris. The 19-year-old made his single-seater debut during the 2021 motorsport season in the Spanish F4 Championship and finished third in
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