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Macau GP: Williams junior Browning wins qualifying race
Hitech’s Luke Browning dominated the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix qualification race on Saturday, finishing ahead of his fast-charging team-mate Alex Dunne by just over two seconds.
Jonathan Noble
Edited: Nov 18, 2023, 1:26 PM
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Browning, who is a member of the Williams Driver Academy, overcame the best efforts of front-row starter Gabriele Mini twice on the run down to Lisboa to set up his dominant run to the chequered flag.
Off the original start, Browning got away well but Mini seized the opportunity of the slipstream to draft alongside his rival on the run to Mandarin and briefly swooped past into the lead.
But the Theodore Prema driver could not hold his advantage for long as Browning surged back ahead on the run to Lisboa – quickly eking out an advantage to end the opening lap 1.8 seconds clear.
Browning's lead was wiped away at the end of the second lap though after the safety car was called out following a collision involving Dan Ticktum and Ugo Ugochukwu at Lisboa, with both cars ending up in the barriers.
Browning got away well for the restart at the beginning of lap five of 10, but Mini got the tow again and tried to find a way past as the duo snaked their way down to Lisboa.
But as Browning held firm against Mini, it was Dunne, who had originally started sixth, who made the most of the restart opportunity to take the inside line against the cars ahead and grab second from Mini.
From there, Browning was again able to open up an advantage as he ended the lap 1.4 seconds clear of Dunne.
And although Dunne briefly appeared able to match the race leader’s times, even closing in by one tenth over the following two laps, Browning had everything under control and slowly edged clear over the remaining laps to win by 2.097s.
Mini had no response to the Hitech duo ahead of him as he steadily fell back, eventually finishing 2.3 seconds adrift to take third place, with his team-mate Dino Beganovic coming home right behind him to snatch fourth.
F2 driver Dennis Hauger eventually finished a lonely fifth, as he ended up 5.5 seconds adrift of the cars in front of him, with Mari Boya taking sixth and Paul Aron seventh.
Completing the top 10 were Pepe Marti, Isack Hadjar and Zane Maloney.
Macau F3 World Cup - qualifying race results:
Pos. No. Driver Laps Time Delay 1 11 Luke Browning 10 26'52.318 2 14 Alex Dunne 10 26'54.415 2.097 3 9 Gabriele Minì 10 26'56.759 4.441 4 8 Dino Beganovic 10 26'57.657 5.339 5 27 Dennis Hauger 10 27'03.254 10.936 6 28 Mari Boya 10 27'05.400 13.082 7 10 Paul Aron 10 27'06.195 13.877 8 15 Pepe Martí 10 27'09.542 17.224 9 12 Isack Hadjar 10 27'09.966 17.648 10 24 Zane Maloney 10 27'11.938 19.620 11 6 Charlie Wurz 10 27'13.264 20.946 12 1 Richard Verschoor 10 27'13.808 21.490 13 23 Nikola Tsolov 10 27'14.708 22.390 14 21 Laurens van Hoepen 10 27'17.122 24.804 15 19 Sophia Flörsch 10 27'17.823 25.505 16 5 Max Esterson 10 27'18.502 26.184 17 18 Noel León 10 27'18.928 26.610 18 16 Sebastian Montoya 10 27'19.853 27.535 19 2 Roman Staněk 10 27'20.647 28.329 20 22 Christian Mansell 10 27'21.214 28.896 21 17 Oliver Goethe 10 27'22.212 29.894 22 29 Marcus Armstrong 10 27'22.833 30.515 23 20 Tommy Smith 10 27'27.226 34.908 24 7 Matías Zagazeta 10 27'30.068 37.750 Ret 25 Dan Ticktum 1 - - Ret 3 Ugo Ugochukwu 1 - -
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