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Dunne had made a name for himself by dominating the British F4 title win in 2022 and he finished second in the GB3 championship the following year before an impressive debut at the Macau Grand Prix.
However, he had to wait for a deal to come together and he was one of the last drivers confirmed on the 30-car Formula 3 grid when he joined MP Motorsport.
As well as his podiums, the Irish driver had his fair share of misfortune as he made his debut on the Formula 1 support package.
In Australia, the second round, he was pushed into the wall by another driver in practice and, after placing in fifth, Dunne was disqualified from qualifying at Imola which meant he had to the start from the back in both races.
At Monaco, he was set for a strong lap time in qualifying but a red flag put him towards the back of the grid and he was hampered in both qualifying and races at Silverstone.
“Coming off the back of two-and-a-half years of being fairly successful in cars and fighting for poles, wins and titles in whatever series I was racing in, to come into this year and have things go wrong more consistently than I would have liked, that can be quite difficult,” said Dunne.
“Pretty much the whole year I felt the pace was there to be at the front. I never felt like I was struggling to be on pace in qualifying and the race.
“I knew once it all came together then the weekend would be good. Every time I felt like there was not any issues or the weekend came together, the results were what I expected.”
Despite the difficult moments, Dunne was able to show his potential and he secured his first Formula 3 podium in Barcelona then ended the season on a high with a strong weekend at Monza when he finished third in the sprint race before a fourth in the season’s final race.
“It was a difficult season but Monza was positive. To finish on a high was nice.
“I’m a typical racing driver, I probably don’t really hold onto the high points as much as I should.
“It was nice to have those two good weekends, but at the same time I want all 10 weekends to be as close to perfection as possible.
“Having more of those results would have been nice, but it was reassuring when everything went well and it shows the results were possible.”
