Roman Stanek has been handed the victory in the Formula 2 Feature Race at Spa-Francorchamps after Alex Dunne received a post-race time penalty and Arvid Lindblad was disqualified following technical checks.

The decisions made by the stewards reshuffled the order following an intense battle under tricky wet-weather conditions.

Dunne led from start to finish but came under investigation by the stewards for allegedly failing to engage the start set-up procedure at the beginning of the formation lap.

He was deemed guilty of the infringement and handed a 10-second time penalty, bumping him down the order to 10th.

A document released by the FIA stated: “According to the Report of the Technical Delegate, the data from Car 17 shows that the driver did not engage the start set-up procedure for the formation lap as required by the F2 2025 System User Manual.

“The team manager stated that the race director had announced that the formation laps will be behind the Safety Car and the start of the Race will be rolling start.

“Based on this information, they had decided not to activate the set-up procedure. The driver said that he had asked the team for confirmation, and team told him not to engage the
start set-up procedure.

“Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that Car 17 was in breach of Article 1.6.1 of the FIA Formula 2 Technical Regulations and Article 11.15 of the F2 2025 System User Manual, and impose a 10 second time penalty in accordance with the 2025 FIA F2 penalty guidelines.”

Lindblad disqualified over technical breach as Fornaroli claims F2 championship lead

Lindblad would have taken the Feature Race victory, but he was punished for having too low tyre pressures in all four tyres.

A document stated: “The Team accepted the FIA Technical Delegate’s measurements and acknowledged that it followed that Article 10.4.3 of the Technical Regulations had been breached in this case.

“The Team Representative also stated that he was present during the tyre checking and had no objections with the measurements. Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that Car 4 was found to be technically non-conformant with the F2 Technical Regulations, and, consistent with the established precedent, disqualify Car 4 from Race 2.”

Stanek claimed the second victory of his F2 career, while Ritomo Miyata secured his maiden podium in the series with an impressive drive to second place.

Luke Browning completed the podium amid the post-race chaos, rewarded for a strong charge through the field.

The Hitech driver started 12th on the grid and secured his sixth podium of the season, further boosting his championship hopes.

The final classification saw several drivers promoted due to the penalties, including Leonardo Fornaroli, who moved up to fifth.

That result was enough to hand the Italian the championship lead by just three points over Richard Verschoor.

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NEOM McLaren has announced that its new reserve driver Alex Dunne will be tasked with the team’s Formula E rookie duty at next week’s Jeddah E-Prix weekend.

The Irishman, who took two podiums in his debut Formula 3 season last year, will partake in the FP0 session set for Thursday Feburary 13th, one day before the first race of the double-header weekend.

The 2022 British F4 Champion and 2023 GB3 runner-up was recently confirmed as the team’s reservist, taking the place of Taylor Barnard, who is now occupying a race seat alongside Sam Bird.

In a statement released by McLaren, Dunne said: “I’m looking forward to getting my first chance to drive the GEN3 Evo for the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team next week in Jeddah.

“To have this opportunity through the McLaren Driver Development programme feels incredible, and I’m so grateful to the team for putting their trust in me. 

“I’ve been working hard in the simulator and with the team to prepare for this test, and I can’t wait to get out to Jeddah.”

Team Principal Ian James added:  “I’m very pleased that Alex will have the chance to test with the team at next week’s Rookie Free Practice Session.

“As our Reserve and Development Driver, Alex has already been playing a key role within the team and has been supporting us through his work in the simulator.    

“Throughout his junior career, Alex has shown great promise, and I know he’ll make the most of this opportunity.”

Dunne joins Kush Maini [for Mahindra Racing], Zak O’Sullivan [Envision Envision] and Mikkel Jansen [Cupra Kiro] as drivers now confirmed for the test, with the remaining seven teams left to name their starlets for the special outing.

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