Dan Ticktum has been knocked out of title contention in the Asian F3 Winter Series, marking a blow to his hopes of collecting the final points he 🌄requires for a Formula 1 superlicence. 

The Red Bull F1 junior is contesting the Asian F3 Winter Series in a bid to boost his current total of 35 points having finished runner-up in the European Formula 3 Championship last season, with 40 needed to qualify for a superlicence and therefore൩ become eligible to race in F1. 

10 points are on offer for the victor of the Winter Series and a placeꦦ in the top three would be enough for Ticktum to accumulate the target he needs. 

But the Briton has endured a torrid run in the opening two rounds and currently sits eighth in the standings, with just three more races remaining at the series’ finale at Sepang, which t🉐akes place at the end🦹 of February.

The two-time Macau Grand Prix winner retired from the opening race in Thai🤪land and labelled the round as a “disaster” after managing a best result of second place in the final race 🎶of the weekend at the Chang International Circuit. 

His fortunes failed to improve in Malaysia, with💝 Ticktum failing to take the start of the first race of last weekend’s second round. 

He recovered to fifth in the second race before finishing a lowly ninth in the finale after being hit with a time penalty for overtaking during a Safety Car period. 

As a result, Ticktum sits 95 points adrift of runaway championship leader and Hitech GP teammate Rinu♕s VeeKay and 35 points behind tꦯhird-place man Alessandro Ghiretti.