Lukas Dunner

Lukas Dunner
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22) Vienna, Austria
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	MP Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	8
Starts	18 (18 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	27th in 2020
Previous series
2019 2018–2019 2017 2017 2017	European Le Mans Series (LMP2) Euroformula Open Championship Italian F4 Championship Spanish F4 Championship SMP F4 Championship

Lukas Dunner (born 12 February 2002) is an Austrian racing driver currently driving for Motopark in the International GT Open. During his early career, he competed in FIA Formula 3 and finished as runner-up in the 2020 Euroformula Open Championship.

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 2017 Dunner competed in Spanish F4 for MP Motorsport alongside Bent Viscaal, Christian Lundgaard, Nazim Azman and Marta García. ^[1] The Austrian finished eighth in the standings with a best result of third at Navarra and Nogaro.

For the 2018 season Dunner became a member of Drivex, competing for them in the Euroformula Open Championship. ^[2] As the team's only full-time entrant, Dunner scored two podiums and finished seventh overall. He remained in the series in 2019, this time joining Teo Martín Motorsport. ^[3] 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 Liam Lawson in the final race of the campaign. ^[4]

Formula 3 and EFO title assault

At the end of 2019, Dunner competed in the Macau Grand Prix, driving for MP Motorsport. ^[5] 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. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

For the 2020 season Dunner signed on with MP to partner Richard Verschoor and Bent Viscaal the FIA Formula 3 Championship. ^[9] 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 Hungaroring. ^[10] Parallel to his F3 commitments Dunner drove in Euroformula Open once again, this time in a partial campaign for the CryptoTower-badged Motopark team. ^[11] After winning on his return at Le Castellet, nine further podiums — which included two victories at Monza and a win each at Mugello and Spa — earned him the runner-up spot in the championship. ^[12]

Rallying

In 2021, Dunner took part in the Mitropa Rally Cup. Driving a Škoda, the Austrian won the title after taking three rally victories. ^[13]

Sportscar career

After almost two years out of the driving seat, Dunner returned to racing ahead of the final round of the 2023 International GT Open, piloting a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo at his former EFO team Motopark. ^[14] 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. ^[15] The trio failed to score points throughout the campaign, having claimed a best race finish of 13th in Dubai.

Dunner embarked on a full season in IGTO in 2024, once again driving for Motopark. ^[16] After being joined by Charles Bateman during the first two rounds, Dunner would be partnered by fellow silver-ranked driver and sportscar newbie Lorenzo Fluxá. ^[17]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2014	Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe — Mini Max		1st
	Euro Finale — Mini Max		2nd
2015	Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe — Junior		8th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior	Speedworld Academy	14th
	BNL Karting Series — Rotax Max Junior		21st
2016	Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe — Junior		1st
	Hungarian International Open Championship — Junior		5th
	Rotax International Open — Junior	VPDR	4th

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Spanish F4 Championship	MP Motorsport	20	0	0	0	2	129	8th
	SMP F4 Championship		18	0	0	0	0	24	13th
	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	3	0	0	0	0	2	NC
2018	Euroformula Open Championship	Drivex School	16	0	0	0	2	83	7th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		6	0	0	0	0	28	7th
	V de V Endurance Series	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	54	31st
2019	Euroformula Open Championship	Teo Martín Motorsport	18	0	2	2	6	178	3rd
	Euroformula Open Winter Series		2	0	0	0	0	22	5th
	Ultimate Cup Series	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	2	2	0	0	2	75	6th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	35th
	Macau Grand Prix	MP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	MP Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	0	27th
	Euroformula Open Championship	CryptoTower Racing	14	5	5	4	10	248	2nd
2021	Mitropa Rally Cup	Škoda Motorsport	8	3	N/A		5	256	1st [13]
2023	International GT Open	Team Motopark	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Team Motopark	5	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2024	International GT Open	Team Motopark	14	0	1	1	2	78	9th

^* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2017	MP Motorsport	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 Ret	ALC 3 4	NAV1 1 4	NAV1 2 5	NAV1 3 Ret	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 6	JER 1 11	JER 2 8	JER 3 6	NAV2 1 3	NAV2 2 4	NAV2 3 8	NOG 1 6	NOG 2 5	NOG 3 3	EST 1 4	EST 2 5	EST 3 Ret	8th	129

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2017	MP Motorsport	SOC 1 10	SOC 2 13	SOC 3 10	SMO 1	SMO 2	SMO 3	AHV 1 Ret	AHV 2 Ret	AHV 3 13	AUD 1 10	AUD 2 7	AUD 3 13	MSC1 1 9	MSC1 2 12	MSC1 3 10	MSC2 1 8	MSC2 2 9	MSC2 3 8	ASS 1 Ret	ASS 2 5	ASS 3 9	13th	24

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)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2018	Drivex	EST 1 6	EST 2 12	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 14	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 10	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 8	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 5	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 Ret	JER 1 5	JER 2 Ret	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 Ret			7th	81
2019	Teo Martín Motorsport	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 3	PAU 1 4	PAU 2 4	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 4	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 2	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 3	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 4	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 9	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 (9)	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 7	3rd	178
2020	CryptoTower Racing	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 1	MUG 1 1	MUG 2 2	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 13	SPA 3 1	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 5	CAT 3 4	CAT 4 7	2nd	248

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position points; races in italics indicate fastest lap points)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2020	MP Motorsport	RBR FEA 24	RBR SPR 14	RBR FEA 16	RBR SPR 19	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 22	SIL FEA 23	SIL SPR Ret	CAT FEA 21	CAT SPR 22	SPA FEA 21	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA 14	MNZ SPR Ret	MUG FEA 21	MUG SPR 17	27th	0

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2023	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	PRT 1	PRT 2	SPA	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1 10	CAT 2 13		NC†	0
2024	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	PRT 1 5	PRT 2 10	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 14	SPA Ret	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 6	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 5	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 5	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 2	MNZ 3	9th	78

^*Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Team Motopark	GT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	SEP 1 19	SEP 2 16	DUB 13	ABU 1 14	ABU 2 Ret	32nd	0

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External links

• Lukas Dunner career summary at DriverDB.com