{"id":1648,"date":"2022-08-05T09:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T08:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiaformula4.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T08:32:44","slug":"alex-dunne-taking-the-positives-from-knockhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/alex-dunne-taking-the-positives-from-knockhill\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Dunne taking the positives from Knockhill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alex Dunne is focusing on the positives after his lead in the ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA was thinned slightly at Knockhill last weekend (29-31 July).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula4.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/31-SMP77231-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1649 lazyload\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1140px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1140\/760;\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hitech GP driver qualified a strong third in damp but drying conditions, made all the more impressive by his absence at a recent wet test day at the Fife circuit, at which almost all his competition were present to gather experience in the tricky conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A steady start kept him in the hunt for a podium finish in the opening race. He kept pole-sitter Ugo Ugochukwu (Carlin), down to second after a lightning start from JHR&#8217;s Joseph Loake, under pressure, and an off-track excursion at the Arnold Clark chicane for the McLaren junior netted Dunne second on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Irish teenager then rose from eighth to fourth in an action-packed reverse grid race, and came within a whisker of snatching yet more silverware, but for a superb defensive drive by Phinsys by Argenti&#8217;s Aiden Neate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only blemish on an otherwise productive weekend in Scotland for Dunne was race three. Lining up alongside Ugochukwu on the front row for the ITV4-televised finale to the weekend, Dunne was sluggish to get away, and sustained both front wing damage and a slow puncture back in the pack through the first few corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That left him bound for the pit lane, and he eventually finished P14, a lap down. With his nearest rivals Ugochukwu and Ollie Gray (Carlin) finishing 1-2, Dunne&#8217;s lead in the championship is thinned slightly, from 51 points to 41 with 12 races remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think overall it was difficult weekend,&#8221; summarises Dunne. &#8220;It was so hard to overtake, but I think we managed that quite well, it wasn\u2019t our best weekend but definitely some positives to take!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead to the next three rounds of the championship at Snetterton on 12-14 August, Dunne insists his mindset remains unchanged, and believes the high-speed 300 layout will provide some good racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My mindset is still the same, to have consistent results across the weekend to extend my lead! I really like Snetterton, I think it\u2019s a good combination of fast and flowing, but also slow and technical corners, which hopefully can provide some really good racing!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Dunne is focusing on the positives after his lead in the ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA was thinned slightly at Knockhill last weekend (29-31 July).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}