The 19-year-old Irishman’s race ended prematurely following a collision with leonardo Fornaroli on lap 25. The stewards deemed the incident to be Fornaroli’s fault, handing “The Italian” a 10-second time penalty, which ultimately demoted him to fifth position.

Jak Crawford,the American driver who started on pole position,managed to fend off a late challenge from Joshua Duerksen to secure his third feature race victory of the season. This win propels him to second place in the championship standings, now just 19 points behind the leader, Fornaroli.

Dunne experienced a more positive result in saturday’s sprint race, where he secured his seventh podium finish of the season, earning six valuable points. After recovering from an early mistake on lap 15, “He battled back from a mistake at the first turn on lap 15 to come in third behind Luke Browning and winner Dino Beganovic.”

Dunne’s Championship Position Under Threat

He battled back from a mistake at the first turn on lap 15 to come in third behind Luke Browning and winner Dino Beganovic.

Despite the podium in the sprint race, “the McLaren advancement driver remains fifth in the standings but is now 58 points behind Fornaroli with two rounds remaining.” Dunne will be looking to close the gap in the upcoming race in Lusail from November 28-30.