Lukas Dunner to race Mugello, not Red Bull Ring

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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10th 2020, Vienna

After several changes to the F1 calendar and subsequent changes to the F3 calendar leading to overlaps with the EFO calendar, Austrian F3 driver Lukas Dunner decides to race the F3 finale in Mugello instead of the EFO race in Austria. Monza sees Dunner again struggling with his car's topspeed, but he manages to gain 15 positions in race one, finishing P14.

In 2020, young Austrian F3 driver Lukas Dunner races two series - FIA Formula 3 and Euroformula Open - and due to overlaps of both racing calendars resulting from Covid-related changes, he has had to decide in favour of one series over the other. For the upcoming weekend he has opted for the F3 season finale instead of racing EFO on his favourite circuit, the Austrian Red Bull Ring. He therefore drops the chance of winning the EFO series by his own efforts.

His latest F3 racing weekend in Monza is one of mixed feelings for Dunner, who for the first time experiences the political side of racing, much to his disadvantage.
As with former events, which were out of his sphere of influence, the young racer uses it as a possibility to learn where he can make a difference and what - e.g. weather or driving errors of others - he has to accept as a given and move on. After a dissatisfactory qualifying he puts his car on P29 for the starting grid of race one.
In race one, he delivers a clever performance in his car which is still lacking topspeed. He manages his tires right, attacks at the right times and gains 15 positions, which puts him on P14.
Starting from which in race two, his race is over rather soon. One of the cars in front goes off-track momentarily, causing a big cloud of dust. Dunner makes a split-second decision to swerve to the left and into the gravel at high speed. He manages to only lightly touch the armco barriers, due to the speed of the incidence, it is enough to make him retire from the race.

Lukas Dunner's next race weekend starts on Friday September 11th in Mugello. It's the last of both the FIA Formula 3 season and Dunner's rookie season.

"I'm really happy with race one, I made the most out of it. In race two all I saw was a cloud of dust and I instinctively steered away from it. I've had quite enough of highspeed-crashes this season." - Lukas Dunner