Super Formula: Browning avoids a dangerous collision with O’Sullivan at the last minute

Luke Browning is certainly not having a good time in Japan, competing this year in the Super Formula championship. The 24-year-old, reserve driver for Williams and member of the same team’s Academy, suffered a bad accident in a recent test at Suzuka, from which he fortunately emerged unscathed. The episode occurred at the height of the 130R in wet track conditions, with heavy rain recurring again this weekend at Motegi, where the first round of the season took place. Specifically, the Kondo team driver collided during the race with Zak O’Sullivan, another talented member of the Williams Driver Academy. The own goal between the two young men from Grove, however, could have had decidedly worse consequences for both drivers: after the Safety Car entered the track, O’Sullivan and another competitor to his left slowed down in front of Browning, who due to the splashes of water in front of him did not see the Safety Car warnings, thus proceeding at high speed. Browning’s instinctive reaction and luck meant that the latter only hit the front left tire of his compatriot, passing at high speed between the two cars and above all avoiding a potentially dangerous collision with O’Sullivan.