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Formula 2 title aspirant Luke Browning is relaxed about the prospect of a season free of race wins this year.
He made his F2 debut in 2024 with ART Grand Prix, doing the final three rounds and claiming a best finish of sixth.
This year he joined Hitech GP and sits fifth in the standings with five podiums from the first six rounds. The first time he commented on the prospect of a win-free 2025 was after round four at Imola, where he got a double podium.
“Honestly, I don’t mind [not winning],” he said to media including Formula Scout. “I won enough last year [in Formula 3], and it didn’t get me the championship, so I’m after the best end championship result that we can get. And if that’s consistently not winning, but consistently picking up points, I’m happy with that.”
Browning won five times with Hitech en route to the 2022 GB3 title, then stepped up to the FIA F3 Championship with the team. He claimed one podium as a rookie, then won both races at the non-championship Macau Grand Prix. That set up a 2024 in which he came third in the championship with two feature race victories.
Having no wins in F2 — while mastering consistency — was brought up again after round five in Monaco. In the sprint race Browning was third, and was fourth in the feature race.
“In these championships everyone goes ‘you need to be consistent and you can win the championship’. Everyone’s trying to be consistent, so it sounds stupid to say it, and it sounds easy to say it when it’s happening to you,” he mused.
“It’s so easy to go into a race and something outside of your control happens. It’s super tough. As expected. But at the end of the day, the championship’s supposed to be tough.”
He added to Formula Scout: “We’ve had a podium at each [of the last two rounds], so in terms of a goal we’ve ticked it off. It’s been okay. I think is the way to put it. It’s not been fantastic, we’ve not won both races, but equally we’re in the mix, and we’re doing what we set out to do each weekend, and we’re there.”
Browning was later probed at Barcelona, where he finished the races in sixth and 20th, about what personal improvements were needed to win.
“From my perspective, I’m on it. It doesn’t cross my mind at all to win any races,” he said, pointing out he sits on a trophy haul from lower categories.
“I’m not missing any race wins or championship success. I think it would have been nice last year to win F3[‘s title], and we didn’t because we weren’t consistent enough. So this year we’re more consistent, and it’s paying off in championships. And that’s ultimately the goal.
“I couldn’t tell you who won the Barcelona feature race four years ago, but I can tell you who won the championship.”