Freddie Slater (racing driver)

2023: Junior formulae debut

Slater made his single-seater debut in August 2023 for Double R Racing, in the British Formula 4 Championship, where he finished fourth on his debut establishing the fastest race lap on his third race.^[11] In September, Slater entered the Euro 4 Championship for rounds 2 and 3 with Prema Racing. ^[12] Marking his debut with the team, Slater scored tenth place in the championship with 30 points and one pole-position to his name. Later that month, Slater participated in the Italian F4 Championship during rounds 6 and 7 with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[13]

2024: Record-breaking campaigns

In preparation for a full season in Italian F4, Slater competed in Formula 4 UAE with Mumbai Falcons.^[14] Slater ended up taking the championship victory by beating teammate Kean Nakamura-Berta to the title.^[15] In 2024, Slater would race in the Italian F4 Championship full-time with Prema Racing.^[16] With his early-season successes, Autosport listed him as one of five "drivers who could become Britain's next [Formula One] winners".^[17] He was crowned as the season's champion during Race 2 of Round 6 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.^[18]

Slater finished the season with a monumental 15 wins, eleven pole positions, and ten fastest laps. This broke the series record for most wins in a season, which was previously held by Andrea Kimi Antonelli with 13 wins in 2022.^[19] He would also have the largest points margin in the series' history, with 143 points separating him and runner up Jack Beeton. Slater also raced in the Euro 4 Championship, also with Prema Racing. He finished the season in second, while acquiring two race wins and 106 points.^[16]

2024: Debut in GB3 and Macau

In September 2024, Slater was announced to be making his GB3 debut at Donington Park with Rodin Motorsport.^[20] Slater made his Formula Regional debut with SJM Theodore Prema Racing in the 2024 Macau Grand Prix.^[21] Slater would not finish the race due to a final lap crash, but was classified in 13th since he completed over 85% of the race.^[22] Slater was in fourth for most of the race, but crashed into the barriers while attempting a divebomb overtake on Noel León, who was third.^[23]

2025: European champion and Middle East vice-champion

In preparation for his 2025 FRECA campaign, Slater competed in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Mumbai Falcons.^[24] He had a successful start to the season, winning two out of three races and both pole positions during round 1 at the Yas Marina Circuit.^[25][26] During round 4, which was also held at Yas Marina, Slater claimed two more wins and during races one and three.^[27][28] Throughout the season, he was engaged in a title fight with Evan Giltaire of ART Grand Prix, ultimately finishing second in the standings and first in the Rookie Cup, with a total of 228 points and four wins.^[29] Slater stepped up to the Formula Regional European Championship for 2025, continuing with Prema Racing.^[30]

Along with his main campaigns, Slater competed in selected rounds of the 2025 GB3 Championship with Hillspeed.^[31] During the first round at Silverstone Circuit, Slater set the GB3 lap record at the track in qualifying, earning both pole-positions for the round. He proceeded to win two of the three races held, earning the fastest lap for both, with the third race ending in a 13th place finish following a collision with Nikita Johnson.^[32] After skipping the second round, Slater returned for the third round at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. After claiming the fastest laps for Race 1 and Race 2, Slater won the third race from last on the grid following a decision to wear dry-weather tyres on the drying track.^[33]

2026: Oceania Trophy

At the start of 2026, in preparation for his Formula 3 campaign, Slater will contest the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy with M2 Competition.^[34]

2025: Debut podium

In October 2024, Slater partook in the post-season tests in Jerez and Barcelona with Rodin Motorsport.^[35][36] In March 2025, Slater joined AIX Racing to partake in the Bahrain in-season test.^[37] He debuted for the team in Sakhir,^[38] qualifying tenth and finishing second in the reverse-grid sprint race,^{[note 2]} amidst a battle for the lead with Nikola Tsolov;^[40] he retired from the feature race due to damage sustained from an opening-lap collision with Alessandro Giusti.^[41] Slater returned during the eighth round at Spa-Francorchamps with Hitech TGR;^[42] he qualified twelfth, earning him pole position for the sprint, where he struggled with tyre wear and dropped to tenth before receiving 20 seconds of track limits penalties.^[43]

2026: Rookie season

Slater is set to make a full step to FIA Formula 3 for the 2026 season with Trident.^[44]

Complete CIK-FIA Karting World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Circuit	QH	SH	F
2020	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK-J	Portimão	3rd	—N/a	1st
2021	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK-J	Campillos	13th	—N/a	2nd
2022	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	Sarno	10th	9th	5th
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Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)