Components 2 title challenger Alex Dunne has accomplished an IndyCar check in Alabama as he contemplates a transfer to the USA in 2027.
Eire’s Dunne is an Alpine junior driver and is in a three-way struggle for the title in Components 2, which helps Components 1 on Grand Prix weekends.
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The 20-year-old has one win and 9 podiums in his second F2 season and is eighteen factors behind F1-bound chief Rafael Camara – with two extra rounds scheduled in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
However with seats in F1 restricted for 2027, Dunne examined an IndyCar for Dale Coyne Racing at Barber Motorsports Park on Monday.
He has additionally been linked to a 3rd season in F2 as he chases his Components 1 dream, but when he wins the championship he can not return to the collection subsequent 12 months.
Dunne posted the quickest time in a morning session which included American-born Conor Daly, who’s the son of Irish former Components 1 driver Derek.
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Dale Coyne Racing haven’t introduced their driver plans for 2027, and American teenager Nikita Johnson examined alongside Dunne on Monday.
“The automotive, the observe, every part. I beloved all of it,” Dunne instructed American outlet RACER.
“To be trustworthy, the automotive was tremendous cool. I believe it is undoubtedly bought fairly a bit extra energy, much more downforce than what I am used to.
“To leap in and be comfy fairly shortly, and I believe I used to be quickest after I after I bought out of the automotive within the morning, I actually loved it.”
IndyCar is the main open-wheel racing collection within the USA, and ex-Components 1 drivers reminiscent of Mick Schumacher, Marcus Ericsson and Romain Grosjean all raced within the collection final 12 months.
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The largest IndyCar race is the Indianapolis 500, which takes place each Could in entrance of greater than 230,000 spectators and is taken into account considered one of motorsport’s ‘Triple Crown’ occasions, alongside Components 1’s Monaco Grand Prix and the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race.
Britain’s Louis Foster will drive for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the complete 2027 marketing campaign, whereas Katherine Legge and Jack Harvey each raced on the Indy 500 final 12 months in one-off outings.
With the success of Spanish five-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou, the 2027 calendar will return to Europe with a spherical in Barcelona in July, and the remainder of the season takes place on avenue programs, ovals and extra conventional circuits within the USA and Canada.
Regardless of having just one morning testing in an IndyCar, Dunne stated he “undoubtedly likes what I’ve seen thus far” and it was a collection that had all the time him.
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“I believe naturally, with the trail that I have been on and what I’ve labored in the direction of, the objective will all the time be to be a Components 1 driver,” he stated.
“I believe there comes a time when, realistically, that probability turns into tougher, and I’ve all the time stated that the following most suitable choice for me and the factor I might like to do most has all the time been IndyCar.”
Portadown’s Adam Carroll was the final driver from the island of Eire to drive in IndyCar, when he competed in two races in 2010.
