Britain's James Winslow needs just a single point from the final round of the Formula V6 Asia series to claimꦫ the championship title at Zhuhai.

The Opes Prime Team QI-Meritus driver qualified second to series interloper - and former GP2 driver - Hiroki Yoshimoto and wisely decided not to chase victory once the Japไanese driver established himself at the head 🦋of the race.

With Yoshimoto holding an F1 superlicence and thus unable to score points, the tactic proved fruitful as Winslow added a victory haul to the bonus for pole,𒉰 also taking fastest lap for good measure.

The weekend is being billed as a head-to-head between the Briton - last season's As♛ian F3 champion - and closest rival Armaan Ebrahim, but Winslow had the Indian's measure in race one. Ebrahim compleꦡted the podium trio, but crossed the line two-and-a-half seconds adrift of the Meritus man.

With the finishing order setting the grid for the twelfth and final round of the season on Sunday, Winslow - who has his sights s🐎et on Champ Car next season - will start ahead of his rival but, with Ebra⛎him having already shown himself capable of both pace and the occasional robust move, nothing is settled as the pair chase the recently-confirmed prize of a test drive in next week's World Series by Renault test at Paul Ricard.