Alex Dan from Ireland will return to McLaren in the first practice in the Italian Grand Prix in Monza on Friday.
Den, 19 years old, starred in a picnic earlier this year in Austria when he finished fourth in the session and in the ten Oscar Pastari in equal machines.
The teenager was the first Irish driver to compete on the F1 weekend in 22 years and will also continue his campaign at Formula 2 in Monza, where he is fifth in the ranking.
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Lando Norris was completely praising Den because of his useful observations during P1 in Austria
“I am very excited to return to the second FP1 with McLaren in Monza this week,” said Dan.
“My first day in Austria was a very special day for me, so doing this again in Monza, which is a very historical path, will put a big smile on my face, so I really look at him.
“I hope I can build and improve what was a strong picnic in Austria and to help Lando and Oscar as much as possible to go to the Grand Prix.”
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Den was prosperous after he ranked fourth during the opening training in Austria
All ten Formula 1 teams should run ascending in at least four training sessions this season.
McLaren has already announced the Indycar Pato Owward star who will get a picnic on the occasion of his home in Mexico City in October, and is likely to complete the requirements of the rising in Abu Dhabi with a driver who has not yet been confirmed.
Who is Alex Don?
Dan was born on November 11, 2005 in Ovali, and soon rose through the ranks of Karting and jumped at the opportunity to drive in the 4 -year -old formation – the minimum age that you can lead at this level.
He occupied the position of pole and providing a platform on his single appearance in F4, and then took control of the British F4 season in 2022 with an increase in interest.
Dan was in the runner -up to Kimi Antonelli in the Italian F4 in the same year, then ranked second in the GB3 championship in 2023. Although he struggled to shine constantly in F3, McLaren fell in May 2024, and Dunne reached F2 with Rodin Motorsport this year.
Den was previously admired in formula 2 and Formula 3
He was not expected to be a competitor for the title, but he found himself leading the arrangement after two wins in the impressive race in Bahrain and IMola, as well as another platform in the first part of the season.
However, he was considered wrong because of an accident in the 1st round in the Monaco race in May against Victor Martins, who caused an accumulation. Dan was severely criticized on social media, which led to the deletion of applications on his phone.
“I got a lot of things after Monaco, and I am usually not a person who reads things and disjointed them,” he said.
“But I think after an hour of the race, I deleted social media from my phone because I have never received such bad messages in my life. It was a lot of things that I got very bad and very disturbing, to be honest.”
Dan wore a penalty kick in the Monaco incident by flying on the field from 19 to second in the F2 race in Spain and ranked fifth in the feature race to keep its progress in the tournament.
Dunne is already the first Irish driver to participate in the Formula 1 weekend in 22 years
He crossed the line in the second place in the next round in the Austria race, the same weekend in which he first appeared in the F1 field of Morepien, but was excluded to wear excessive wooden plate.
Dan ranked second in the Silverstone and Hungary’s feature, but it was punished after a dominant victory in Belgium due to the violation of the start procedures.
The last mixed results were ranked fifth in the F2 championship, after 30 points behind the leader Leonardo Furnaroli with four events this season.
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Thursday 4 September
2 pm: Press conference for drivers
Friday, September 5
8.30 in the morning: F3 practice
9.55 in the morning: F2 practice
12 pm: Practicing one Italian Grand Prix (the session begins at 12:30 pm) **
1.55 pm: f3 qualifiers
2.50 pm: f2 qualifiers
3.35 pm: The Italian Grand Prize race (the session begins at 4 pm)
5.15 pm: F1 offer
Saturday September 6
8.10 AM: F3 SPRINT
11.15 am: Practicing the third Italian Grand Prix (the session begins at 11:30 am)
1.10 pm: f2 sprint
2.15 pm: Italian rehabilitation of the Grand Prize
3 pm: The qualifications of the Italian Grand Prix*
5 pm: qualification TED book
Sunday, September 7
7.10 AM: F3 Features
8.40 AM: F2 Features
10.40 AM: Porsche SuperCup
12.30 pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Italian GP Build-up
2 pm: Italian Grand Prix*
4 pm: Flag Flag: Italian GP reaction
5 pm: Ted Book
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