Lukas Dunner (born 12 February 2002) is an

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racing driver currently driving for Motopark in the

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. During his early career, he competed in

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and finished as runner-up in the

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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

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Dunner competed in Spanish F4 for

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alongside Bent Viscaal,

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, Nazim Azman and Marta García. The Austrian finished eighth in the standings with a best result of third at

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and

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. For the 2018 season Dunner became a member of

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, competing for them in the

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. As the team's only full-time entrant, Dunner scored two podiums and finished seventh overall. He remained in the series in

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, this time joining

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. 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

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in the final race of the campaign.

Formula 3 and EFO title assault

At the end of 2019, Dunner competed in the

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, driving for

. 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

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and Bent Viscaal the

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. 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

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. Parallel to his F3 commitments Dunner drove in

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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

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and a win each at Mugello and

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— earned him the runner-up spot in the championship.

Rallying

In 2021, Dunner took part in the Mitropa Rally Cup. Driving a

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, 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

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, 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

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. 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

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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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunner, Lukas 2002 births Living people Austrian racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Racing drivers 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 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Le Mans Cup drivers