Freddie Slater

[mattikake]

Sandpit Steve said:

First FIA F3 Feature race win today, and he leads the championship into the summer break. Quite the season for far.

It's dire! The worst he's had by a margin. He's had at least 2 wins "robbed" of him and it's taken too long to get to grips with the Trident's race tyre management (although way better than his team mates). Team probably more at fault than he, given Camara won the championship last season. It's tough at the top(ish).

[Sandpit Steve]

mattikake said:

Sandpit Steve said:

First FIA F3 Feature race win today, and he leads the championship into the summer break. Quite the season for far.

It's dire! The worst he's had by a margin. He's had at least 2 wins "robbed" of him and it's taken too long to get to grips with the Trident's race tyre management (although way better than his team mates). Team probably more at fault than he, given Camara won the championship last season. It's tough at the top(ish).

He’s playing with the big boys now, and there’s a lot of effort required at this level beyond the basic driving skills that get you to this point in your career.

As you say the tyres are a large factor, and will be even more so in F2 and F1. Seat time in the car is limited, and the engineering side gets more and more complex with each step up. He’s still very young, and is doing well to be leading the championship with only a couple of rounds to go, despite some bad luck and a couple of expensive mistakes.

I’d say he’s already done enough to secure an F2 drive for next year, and Audi will back him in that championship for ‘27.