Priaulx not pushing for F1 chance

The Briton, who captured the WTCC title in Macau on Sunday, has tested for Williams this year and has his eye on some kind of testing deal next season alongside his touring car commitments.

But he has said that he will not start hassling teams for a deal.

"One thing I have found out in motor racing is that if you push too much for something, then you can push yourself away from it," he told autosport.com.

"If BMW want me as a touring car driver next year, then that is where I will be. I have signed a contract to do that.

"I am not expecting any surprises, you make your own luck in motorsport but I feel I have contributed to Williams' testing programme this year and hopefully I will have some more time in the car. If it develops then great, but I am pretty much feet on the ground about it."

Williams are understood to have been impressed with Priaulx's feedback during his tests for the team and there is the possibility of him being called back for further runs next season.

"I am always having dialogue with them and they are keen to get me back in the car, he said. "I am fit and strong and if it happens again then great, I will take the opportunity again - just like I did in F3 and everything else.

"I will give it my best shot, but it is really down to luck. Things move so fast in F1. I have got a great career ahead of me in touring cars, I am a paid driver driving for a great manufacturer and I am not going to sacrifice that on a one-off opportunity to go into F1, but we will see."

Although Priaulx has swiftly established himself as one of the world's best touring car drivers, he admits he still has a soft spot for formula cars.

"I love driving single seaters," he said. "I have come from a single seater background and I feel when I was driving single seaters I was still learning, because I started late as I came from hillclimbs.

"I came to Macau in the second year and felt like I was able to put the car near the front. I went from here to Korea and put it on pole. At that time I felt I was ready for F1 but F1 was unfortunately not ready for me."

Although BMW handed Priaulx his maiden Formula One run last year as a prize for winning his European Touring Car Championship title, the company's motorsport director Mario Theissen has not made a similar offer this time.

"We have not talked about anything," he said.