Rodin Motorsport driver Alex Dunne says he’s looking forward to tackling a new track in the FIA Formula 2 championship, as the series travels across the Atlantic for the second time in May to visit Canada. 

The Irishman heads to the legendary Circuit Gilles Villenueve seeking his first Feature Race points of the season, having crashed out of both Sunday events in Melbourne and Miami – despite finishing third in both the Sprint Race’s on Saturday at those respective events. 

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The 20-year-old will be keen to lay down a marker for the F2 title, having seen Nikola Tsolov and Gabrielle Mini claim Feature Race wins so far on F2’s first visit to Canada. 

He believes getting the car prepared well in the one and only practice session on Friday could make all the difference. 

“It looks like quite a cool track,” the Alpine Academy Driver said. “[It’s] very bumpy and technical, getting the car in the right window (for setup) will be very important with the limited mileage we have.”

Riding Montreal’s bumps critical

The Circuit Gilles Villeneueve, which is on land in the middle of the St Lawrence River, is often referred to as a “stop-and-go” layout, with long straights leading to heavy braking for chicanes, whilst walls lurk close to the edge of the track, waiting to punish errors. 

Dunne highlighted how using the curbs could make things challenging: “The general bumpiness and curb usage needed will be tricky,” he said. “F2 cars are very stiff so they’re not always the most compliant with those sorts of things.”

Perhaps the biggest challenge on the track for achieving that aim is the final chicane – which is the site of the infamous “Wall of Champions”, named so after F1 World Champions Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed out of the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix there. 

And with four DRS (drag reduction system) zones to aid overtaking, it should be another exciting weekend of action, with Dunne saying overtaking is more than possible.

“I think Turn 10 (the hairpin) can be a good spot for overtaking. There’s a new DRS zone just before which has been added for this year, which should make things more interesting,” he said.

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