formula 1 [Formula 1] Monza F1 outing a chance to show what I can do - Dunne

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As Alex Dunne drove out of the garage and into the pitlane on a Formula 1 weekend for the first time, Lewis Hamilton was just ahead of him in a Ferrari.

 

The 19-year-old Irishman doesn't idolise any of the current grid - he is their peer, after all - but admitted it was a "pretty cool" moment to be following the seven-time champion onto the circuit.

It was something he had dreamt about for a long time, and he caught the attention of the F1 paddock at June's Austrian Grand Prix by posting the fourth-fastest time in the practice opening session - just 0.069 seconds off McLaren team-mate and championship leader Oscar Piastri.

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