SPIELBERG ANALYSIS: Is a slipstream really necessary to get Pole Position in Qualifying?

Luke Browning was at his dominant best in Spielberg, winning the Feature Race from Pole Position and launching himself to the top of the Drivers’ Championship.The Hitech Pulse-Eight driver displayed tremendous tyre management skills while handling the pressure from a number of his rivals behind him on his way to victory.But it was in Qualifying where Browning might have shone the brightest as he did something no driver wanted to do. His final two laps that gave him his first Formula 3 pole on Friday came at the front of the field with no one ahead to slipstream, something everyone on the grid actively avoided.READ MORE: Fornaroli ‘not giving up’ title fight after charge through to points in Spielberg Feature RaceBrowning himself did not want to be there as having led the pack around for most of their two warmup laps, he slowed down approaching the final sector, hoping that someone would be impatient enough to go ahead of him, but that did not happen.“I think no one wants to be at the front in Spielberg Qualifying, hence the massive train in warm up,” said Browning in