The Briton, who’s a member of the Williams Driver Academy, dominated the Macau GP final weekend – securing pole position, victory within the qualification race and a triumph in the main event.
Having lately had a run in a 2021 Aston Martin car on account of successful final 12 months’s Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Younger Driver of the 12 months Award, he says he is able to push Williams for a chance there, probably even in a free apply session.
“I’d adore it,” Browning instructed Autosport concerning the prospect of a run in a Williams F1 automotive. “I’ll be asking the staff as many instances as doable – and I’ll be choosing up the cellphone. However there’s a pecking order to these things, and they’re going to have their causes.”
Browning’s Macau victory comes on the finish of a difficult marketing campaign the place he didn’t obtain the outcomes he had hoped for in F3 with Hitech.
His finest results of the 12 months was a second place on the Spanish GP dash race, and he ended the 12 months fifteenth within the standings.
However he desires to return to the class subsequent 12 months and ship the form of kind that he confirmed all through the Macau weekend.
“To be trustworthy, this 12 months was actually powerful when it comes to leads to F3,” he stated. “However I believe it was fairly clear to everybody that watched, and regarded into the main points, that the tempo we had versus the place we had been within the championship was the most important [contrast] on the grid. It was completely insane.
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Luke Browning, Hitech Pulse-Eight
“Each time we appeared to be quick, I obtained blocked, there was a problem, or I made a mistake. So, it is simply been a very powerful studying 12 months.
“However I will let you know what: I do not assume anybody’s discovered any extra going into Macau and subsequent season. The plan is I need to nail this F3 off, though I am not confirmed and signed but.”
Browning added that it felt extraordinary so as to add his title to the listing of well-known winners of the Macau GP.
“After all it’s a confidence enhance,” he stated. “Whenever you win in Macau, alongside the names of earlier winners like [Ayrton] Senna, to place my title on the listing, it’s kind of surreal.
“However it was surreal even turning up. I would by no means been to China or Macau earlier than, so to get off the aircraft, and also you’re in a totally new place midway throughout the opposite facet of the world and taking part in with margins this effective, is unimaginable. However I’ve cherished each minute and I am very grateful to win.”