Daniel Ticktum aiming for Super License with Winter Asian F3 series

Red Bull's protégé Daniel Ticktum is set to participate in the upcoming Formula 3 Asian Winter Series in an attempt to secure enough points for a Formula 1 Super Licence.

Ticktum finished behind Mick Schumacher who won last year’s European Formula 3 Championship and he is only a few points of the 40 needed in order to race in Formula 1.

Ticktum was in contention for the 2019 Toro Rosso Formula 1 seat, as Red Bull chased options after Pierre Gasly’s promotion but Toro Rosso chose to look elsewhere.

Ticktum will link up with Hitech for the nine-race championship, which takes place across three rounds in Thailand and Malaysia.

The series offers 10 Super Licence points for its champion, a number which would push Ticktum over the line and leave him well-placed should Toro Rosso require a 2020 option.

Ticktum is also set to be driving for the Red Bull simulator. Perhaps it won't be long until we see him in Formula 1.