Lukas Dunner becomes serial winner in Mugello

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October 5th 2020, Vienna

Young Austrian racer Lukas Dunner and his team CryptoTower defy opponents and weather in Mugello in Euroformula Open. After qualifying on pole and P4 respectively, he wins race one and gets P2 in race two.

Young Austrian racer Lukas Dunner makes good use of his time between EFO races of Monza and Mugello. He continues his workout plan during the week and works hard during the free practice sessions to get the setups right for any weather that should await him. This would prove useful later that weekend.

In the first qualifying session, the field is welcomed by a very wet Mugello track. Lukas Dunner finds his way around the track fast and without any mistake, thus taking pole position.
Race one sees the field start behind the safety car, due to heavy rain.Dunner dominates and stays in the lead until the checquered flag, which he sees more than two seconds sooner than the second. His teammate and toughest contestant for the overall win, Yifei Ye, only finishes fifth.

Qualifying two has the drivers wonder until the very last minute, what weather it's holding for them, whether it's going to be a wet or a dry one. It eventually turns out to be both. Dunner manages to set the fourth fastest time, which is somewhat behind his goal, which is pole.
For the second race the Austrian Dunner goes all-in on the full-dry setup, contrary to his opponents. Among those is, for this weekend, Ben Barnicoat, McLaren driver dispatched to help develop the Carlin car.
The race starts on a partially wet track. Dunner gains one position straight away and another one in the first few laps, driving right behind the leading Barnicoat. The British racer puts up a hard fight with some questionable maneuvers. When it starts to rain again, Dunner and Barnicoat take the risk of staying out on slick tires, Dunner dropping back by five seconds due to his car being set up for a dry track. He manages to win back most of the time lost though, finishing on P2 and only 0.6 seconds behind in the end.

The Mugello weekend has Dunner catch up to his teammate Yifei Ye, who leads overall by 89 points after Dunner missing to rounds. Thus the chance to win the overall title is still alive for Dunner. However, there only being seven races, it is a rather small one.

 

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