F2 frontrunner Alex Dunne's surprise exit from McLaren's junior programme paves the way for employment elsewhere on the F1 grid, but rumours of an imminent Red Bull deal appear premature at this stage.
Red Bull's driver advisor Helmut Marko has been scouring the junior paddocks for the next big talent, as he has done for decades, and it is no secret Dunne has been one of the drivers the Austrian has had preliminary talks with.
