Overview
- Stewards judged Dunne predominantly at fault for contact with Martinius Stenshorne while contesting the lead at Turn 1 in the Melbourne Feature Race.
- The incident ended both Rodin Motorsport cars’ races and denied Dunne, a newly signed Alpine junior, a points chance on his feature race debut.
- An initial 10-second time penalty was applied post-race and converted under 2026 F2 regulations into a five-place grid drop for the next Feature Race.
- RacingNews365 reports Dunne also received two FIA super licence penalty points and later issued a public apology to Stenshorne on social media.
- With the Rodin pair out, Nikola Tsolov inherited the lead and won, reported as the first Bulgarian driver to claim a Formula 2 victory.