Luke Browning

Luke Browning (born 31 January 2002) is a British racing driver who is currently racing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, driving for Hitech Pulse-Eight.

He previously won the 2022 GB3 Championship and the 2020 F4 British Championship with Hitech and Fortec Motorsports respectively.

He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy.

He was awarded the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award for 2022.

He is the winner of the 2023 Macau Grand Prix.

In 2016 Browning made his debut in car racing, competing in the Junior Saloon Car Championship in the UK.

He won a race and was awarded the title "Henry Surtees Teen Racer of the Year 2016", having finished ninth in his first year in motorsport competition.

For 2017, the Brit made a switch to the Ginetta Junior Championship with Richardson Racing.

Browning's season highlight would end up being a pole position he scored in the second Silverstone race, and he placed eleventh in the standings.

In the following season Browning stayed on with Richardson Racing.

His season started out strongly, with three victories after four races.

However, over the course of the season Browning ultimately lost out to the Elite Motorsport duo of Louis Foster and eventual champion Adam Smalley.

Browning scored enough points to win the championship taking Oulton park into account, only to lose his race 1 win due to a mechanical infringement.

He went on to win race 2 in dramatic style by 11 seconds.

Ultimately Browning finished in third position after a neck and neck season with a total of eight victories and ten further podium finishes.

Browning progressed to the F4 British Championship in 2019, once again remaining with Richardson Racing.

Browning won his first ever single-seater race at the opening race of the season, a very wet Brands Hatch.

Having started the race from a lowly tenth place after engine issues in qualifying he made a similar drive through the field in the mixed condition race 2, only to collide with Zane Maloney on the last corner on the final lap.

Browning took the chequered flag first, but was later docked to third after a ten-second time penalty.

The Brit added to that tally with a victory at the Thruxton Circuit.

That win would prove to be the last of the year, despite crossing the line first in Snetterton.

However,a post-race penalty due to a jump start would drop him to third in the end.

He concluded the season with a triple podium in Brands Hatch.

Browning ended up sixth in the championship, with two wins, and nine podiums.

In 2020, Browning moved to Fortec Motorsport for his title push season of British F4, partnering Rafael Villagómez and Roberto Faria for parts of the season.

The season was memorable for the tight battle for the title between Browning and Carlin's Zak O'Sullivan.

The pair exchanged victories at almost every weekend, with the round at Thruxton being the only exception.

At the opening two rounds, Browning scored four second places, but it was at Oulton Park where he would complete a cleans sweep.

He continued his form at Knockhill, taking two more wins and a podium.

However, he would not win again until the penultimate round in Snetterton, by which O'Sullivan had closed down the points gap.

Despite a win in the first race, O'Sullivan won the next two races which meant both came into the title deciding round even on points, in Brands Hatch.

Browning took a wet double pole position, boosting his title chances and also winning the first race.

Even with O'Sullivan winning the final race, the race was halted midway and half-points were awarded, meaning Browning would be crowned champion by a lead of only four points.

He took seven wins, six poles and sixteen podiums.

For 2021, Browning moved to mainland Europe to compete in the ADAC Formula 4 with US Racing.

He started strong at the Red Bull Ring, taking a win during the third race.

Browning scored a double podium in round 3 and 4, at both Hockenheimring and Sachsenring.

At the second Hockenheimring round, he again claimed his second win in the final race, having held off Joshua Dufek in the dying last laps.

He ended the season in Nürburgring with another double podium, putting him third overall in the championship, considerably behind Tim Tramnitz and champion Oliver Bearman.

Browning also took part in the first round of the Italian F4 Championship, scoring a second place in Circuit Paul Ricard.