Young Driver Luke Browning Wins Aston martin Award


Aston Martin Lagonda has announced Luke Browning as the 2022 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award winner.

 

Luke Browning, 20-year-old Briton, from Cheshire, received the award at Grosvenor House Hotel, on London’s Park Lane, on Sunday evening, 4th December.

 

Browning, who was crowned GB3 champion with five race victories during the 2022 season, earns a full test in an Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula OneTM Team car. He wins £200,000 for his efforts, a full membership to the BRDC and an Arai crash helmet.

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ABOVE: Luke Browning, Jonathan Haggard, Jamie Chadwick, Ollie Beerman

Browning’s predecessors include 2009 FIA Formula 1® world champion Jenson Button, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti, and Le Mans 24 Hours class winner , as well as current F1® drivers, George Russell and Lando Norris.

To win the Award, Browning was up against other worthy finalists including: triple W-Series champion Jamie Chadwick (24), Ollie Bearman (17) who was third in the FIA Formula 3 Championship and the 2022 Indy Pro 2000 champion Louis Foster (19).

All four drivers went through a two-day competition on Silverstone’s Grand Prix circuit in four 425bhp MotorSport Vision F2 cars, a Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and a United Autosport Ligier JS P320 LMP3 prototype.

In addition, finalists were subjected to intensive fitness test with Athletic Thinking and an in-depth simulator assessment with the Formula 1® world championship-winning Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1® Team, prior to their on-track examination.

“This was such an awesome experience, it feels so good to be the winner,” said Browning, who was the only driver among this year’s finalists to be competing for the Award for the first time. “It’s incredible to be a part of such an amazing award with such an illustrious list of former winners. It feels pretty special to now have my name among them. Words can’t describe how grateful I am to all the people that have helped me to get here. It’s unbelievable to think that a year from now I will be testing an Aston Martin Formula 1® car.”

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Written by Alan Zurvas

Alan Zurvas is the founder and editor of Gay Car Boys, Australia's leading LGBTQI+ automotive publication. Before launching GCB in 2008, Alan's automotive writing was published in SameSame.com.au and the Star Observer. With over 16 years of hands-on car reviewing experience, Alan brings an honest, irreverent voice to every review — championing value and innovation over brand loyalty.


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