Alex Dunne has lost out on his FIA Formula 2 feature race victory at the Belgian Grand Prix after being hit with a 10-second penalty.
The Offaly driver had crossed the line first in Sunday’s wet-weather race that began behind a safety car at the legendary Spa circuit to reclaim the lead in the F2 drivers championship but was subsequently demoted for failing to engage the start set-up procedure.
The penalty dropped Dunne down to 10th in the final race classifications, with Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad inheriting the victory.
Dunne had qualified on pole position at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday and the race was started behind the safety car.
However, when racing got underway the McLaren Development Driver mastered the wet conditions to win his third F2 race of the season.
British Red Bull Junior driver Arvid Lindblad was second and Czech driver Roman Stanek was third.
It had been a weekend of dominance for Dunne in Belgium, who topped the practice session and qualified on pole in dry conditions by 0.421 seconds.
He gained two points of Verschoor for pole position and chipped another two points out of the Dutch driver’s lead by finishing seventh in the reverse grid sprint race.
