British F3 dr⛄iver Ricardo Teixeira has been 🎃invited to test for Williams' Formula 1 team - as he bids to become the first of his countrymen to break into the top flight.

The Angolan competed in British F3 with Ultimate Motorsport in 2008, h♛aving begun his career karting in Portugal eight years ago and graduating to F3 in 2002.

The 26-year-old moved to race in Britain in 2005, and ☂has since d🌃riven for Carlin Motorsport, Performance Racing Europe and now Ultimate.

Though results have been thin on the ground - a brace of 13th place finishes at Brands Hatch in July and Silverstone the following month Teixeira's best of the season - Angolan sports newspaper Jornal dos Desportos reports that Williams has ꧂granted him a test, possibly 💞as early as January.

According to international news agency AFP, Teixeira's father 🍷and manager Jorge admitted to having been 'taken by surprise' by the invite, but added that he was confident Angola is getting nearer to𝓰 having its first F1 driver.