It’s almost time to reveal the winner of the 2022 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year. At Sunday night’s Autosport Awards at Grosvenor House, Ollie Bearman, Luke Browning, Jamie Chadwick or Louis Foster will be crowned as the 33rd winner of the initiative to find and help the best up-and-coming British single-seater talents.
Of the previous 32 winners since David Coulthard became the inaugural victor in 1989, seven have gone on to start a Formula 1 world championship grand prix, three have taken F1 victories and one – Jenson Button – has been world champion. Outside of F1, Award winners have scored numerous successes around the globe, most notably three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, and 2014 World Endurance title winner Anthony Davidson. Quite aside from the £200,000 prize and F1 test, that’s quite a list to join. But what are the key things finalists should do? Here’s our guide.
BE PREPARED
We’re taking as a given that the finalists will have had successful seasons – that’s how they get selected by the panel of judges in the first place. And as soon as the final four is announced, there are things they can do.
The days of a finalist rocking up and saying, “Oh, this is
