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Lukas Dunner
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22) Vienna, Austria
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	MP Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	8
Starts	18 (18 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	27th in 2020
Previous series
2019 2018–2019 2017 2017 2017	European Le Mans Series (LMP2) Euroformula Open Championship Italian F4 Championship Spanish F4 Championship SMP F4 Championship

Lukas Dunner (born 12 February 2002) is an Austrian racing driver currently driving for Motopark in the International GT Open. During his early career, he competed in FIA Formula 3 and finished as runner-up in the 2020 Euroformula Open Championship.

Early career

Lower series

Dunner started karting in 2014 when he was 12. He won the Eastern European Rotax Max Challenge Central championship twice, once in the junior category and one in the mini max category. In 2017 Dunner competed in Spanish F4 for MP Motorsport alongside Bent Viscaal, Christian Lundgaard, Nazim Azman and Marta García. The Austrian finished eighth in the standings with a best result of third at Navarra and Nogaro.

For the 2018 season Dunner became a member of Drivex, competing for them in the Euroformula Open Championship. As the team's only full-time entrant, Dunner scored two podiums and finished seventh overall. He remained in the series in 2019, this time joining Teo Martín Motorsport. His results improved significantly, as the Austrian attained two pole positions and finished on the rostrum six times. With these results, Dunner managed to end up third in the standings, missing out on second to Liam Lawson in the final race of the campaign.

Formula 3 and EFO title assault

At the end of 2019, Dunner competed in the Macau Grand Prix, driving for MP Motorsport. He qualified a lowly 24th but was able to avoid the carnage of the qualifying race to finish 12th, before dropping to 14th in the main event.

For the 2020 season Dunner signed on with MP to partner Richard Verschoor and Bent Viscaal the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He was unable to score points throughout the course of the season and finished 27th in the standings, having achieved a best result of twelfth place in the feature race at the Hungaroring. Parallel to his F3 commitments Dunner drove in Euroformula Open once again, this time in a partial campaign for the CryptoTower-badged Motopark team. After winning on his return at Le Castellet, nine further podiums — which included two victories at Monza and a win each at Mugello and Spa — earned him the runner-up spot in the championship.

Rallying

In 2021, Dunner took part in the Mitropa Rally Cup. Driving a Škoda, the Austrian won the title after taking three rally victories.

Sportscar career

After almost two years out of the driving seat, Dunner returned to racing ahead of the final round of the 2023 International GT Open, piloting a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo at his former EFO team Motopark. He and Pro-Am teammate Morten Strømsted took a class podium in their first race together. Thereafter, the Austrian competed in all five races of the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season, partnering bronze-ranked drivers Strømsted and Heiko Neumann. The trio failed to score points throughout the campaign, having claimed a best race finish of 13th in Dubai.

Dunner embarked on a full season in IGTO in 2024, once again driving for Motopark. After being joined by Charles Bateman during the first two rounds, Dunner would be partnered by fellow silver-ranked driver and sportscar newbie Lorenzo Fluxá.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Career summary

Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position points; races in italics indicate fastest lap points)

Complete International GT Open results

Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

1. "MP Motorsport voor nieuw F4-seizoen met vier talenten in zee". 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
2. Wood, Elliot (9 February 2018). "Drivex signs Austrian Lukas Dunner for Euroformula Open". formulascout.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
3. "Lukas Dunner confirms Teo Martín Motorsport move". 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
4. Hensby, Paul (27 December 2019). "Season Review: 2019 EuroFormula Open – Sato Secures Dominant Title". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
5. Wood, Ida (15 October 2019). "Lukas Dunner to enter Macau Grand Prix with MP Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. Benyon, Jack (15 November 2019). "Macau Grand Prix: Red Bull junior Juri Vips claims pole". Autosport. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
7. "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup – Qualification Race – Final Classification" (PDF). ITS Events. 16 November 2019. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
8. "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). ITS Events. 17 November 2019. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
9. "Lukas Dunner's FIA F3 seat at MP Motorsport confirmed". Formula Scout. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
10. Oliva, Joel (26 August 2020). "Lukas Dunner Q&A: F3/Macau GP, EF Open, Dallara F320, future & more". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
11. "Das and Dunner join the series at Ricard and aim at challenging Ye's supremacy". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
12. Wood, Ida (16 December 2020). "Euroformula season review: The super-close battle that dominated 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
13. ^ Shacki. "Season 2021 rally - eWRC-results". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
14. "Motopark fields third car for Strømsted-Dunner and Costa alongside Menchaca". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
15. "Les brèves du jeudi 16 novembre". Endurance-Info (in French). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
16. "Green light to another GT Open stellar season: 35 entries at Portimão". International GT Open. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
17. "Spa hosts a stellar first GT Open 500 of the season". www.gtopen.net. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

External links

• Lukas Dunner career summary at DriverDB.com

• 2002 births
• Living people
• Austrian racing drivers
• Spanish F4 Championship drivers
• ADAC Formula 4 drivers
• Euroformula Open Championship drivers
• FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
• Sportspeople from Vienna
• SMP F4 Championship drivers
• MP Motorsport drivers
• Italian F4 Championship drivers
• European Le Mans Series drivers
• Prema Powerteam drivers
• Drivex drivers
• Teo Martín Motorsport drivers
• Motopark Academy drivers
• Austrian rally drivers
• Škoda Motorsport drivers
• International GT Open drivers
• Asian Le Mans Series drivers