Freddie Slater (racing driver)

Freddie Slater
Slater in 2024
Born	(2008-08-09) 9 August 2008 (age 16) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Nationality	British
Italian F4 Championship career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Prema
Car number	27
Former teams	Van Amersfoort
Starts	20
Championships	1 (2024)
Wins	15
Podiums	16
Poles	11
Fastest laps	10
Previous series
2024 2023–2024 2023–2024 2023 2022–2023 2022	F4 UAE Italian F4 Euro 4 F4 British Ginetta Junior Ginetta Junior Winter
Championship titles
2024 2024 2023 2022	Italian F4 F4 UAE Ginetta Junior Ginetta Junior Winter

Freddie Slater (born 9 August 2008) is a British racing driver, who competes in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship and is contracted to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship for Prema.

After a record-breaking karting career—culminating in his victories at the junior direct-drive Karting World Championship in 2020 and the Karting European Championship in 2021 and 2023—Slater graduated to sportscar racing. He won his first title at the Ginetta Junior Winter Series in 2022, followed by the 2023 Ginetta Junior Championship. Slater then progressed to junior formulae, winning the Italian F4 Championship in 2024 with Prema, alongside the F4 UAE Championship with Mumbai Falcons.

Racing career

Karting

Freddie Slater won countless races in competitive karting in his native country and on an international level. ^[1]

Ginetta Series

Freddie Slater made his debut in the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship. After becoming the youngest-ever driver to win the Winter Trophy, ^[2] he also dominated the 2023 championship. ^[3]

Formula 4

2023

Slater driving at the Mugello Circuit during the 2023 Italian F4 Championship

Slater made his single-seater debut in August 2023 Double R Racing, in the British Formula 4 Championship, where he finished 4th on his debut establishing the fastest race lap on his third race. ^[4] In September, Slater entered into the Euro 4 Championship for rounds 2 and 3 with Prema Racing, marking his debut with the team. ^[5] Later that month, Slater participated in the Italian F4 Championship during Rounds 6 and 7 with Van Amersfoort Racing. ^[6]

2024

Slater driving at the Mugello Circuit during the 2024 Italian F4 Championship

In 2024, Slater would race in the Italian F4 Championship full-time with Prema Racing. ^[7] With his early-season successes, Autosport listed him as one of five "drivers who could become Britain's next [ Formula One ] winners". ^[8] He was crowned as the season's champion during Race 2 of Round 6 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. ^[9] Slater would finish the season with a monumental 15 wins, 11 pole positions, and 10 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. ^[10] He would also have the largest points margin in the series' history, with 143 points separating him and runner up Jack Beeton.

Slater would also race in the Euro 4 Championship, also with Prema Racing. He finished the season in 2nd, while acquiring two race wins and 106 points. ^[7]

In preparation for a full season in Italian F4, Slater competed in Formula 4 UAE with Mumbai Falcons. ^[11] Slater ended up taking the championship victory by beating teammate Kean Nakamura-Berta to the title. ^[12]

GB3 Championship

2024

In September 2024, Slater was announced to be making his GB3 debut at Donington Park with Rodin Motorsport. ^[13]

2025

Along with his main FRECA campaign, Slater will compete in selected rounds of the GB3 Championship with Hillspeed. ^[14]

Formula Regional

2024

Slater made his Formula Regional debut with SJM Theodore Prema Racing in the FIA Formula Regional World Cup. ^[15] Slater would not finish the race due to a final lap crash, but was classified in 13th since he completed 85% of the race. ^[16] Slater was in 4th for most of the race, but crashed into the barriers while attempting a divebomb overtake on Noel León, who was 3rd. ^[17]

2025

During the pre-season, Slater will compete in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Mumbai Falcons. ^[18]

Slater is set to step up to the Formula Regional European Championship for 2025, continuing with Prema Racing. ^[19]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2016	Florida Winter Tour — Micro ROK		4th
	SKUSA Pro Tour — Micro Swift	Team Benik Kart	15th
	SKUSA SuperNationals XX — Micro Swift		2nd
2017	LGM Series — IAME Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	4th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		6th
	Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet		5th
	SKUSA SuperNationals XXI — Mini Swift	Team Benik	10th
2018	LGM Series — IAME Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	2nd
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		3rd
	MSA British Kart Championship — IAME Cadet		4th
	IAME International Final — X30 Mini		2nd
	SKUSA SuperNationals XXII — Mini Swift	Team Benik	11th
2019	IAME Winter Cup — X30 Mini	Fusion Motorsport	1st
	IAME Euro Series — X30 Mini		1st
	IAME International Final — X30 Mini		2nd
	SKUSA Pro Tour — X30 Junior	Team Benik	1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals XXIII — X30 Junior		5th
2020	IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior	Fusion Motorsport	4th
	WSK Champions Cup — OKJ	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	14th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		2nd
	WSK Super Master Series — OKJ		8th
	WSK Euro Series — OKJ		8th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ		7th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ		1st
	WSK Open Cup — OKJ		1st
2021	WSK Champions Cup — OKJ	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	8th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		1st
	WSK Super Master Series — OKJ		4th
	WSK Euro Series — OKJ		3rd
	Champions of the Future — OKJ		1st
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ		1st
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ		2nd
	WSK Open Cup — OKJ		3rd
	WSK Final Cup — OKJ		17th
2022	Champions of the Future Winter Series — OK	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	30th
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		3rd
	WSK Euro Series — OK		19th
	Italian ACI Karting Championship — OK		2nd
	Champions of the Future Euro Series — OK		11th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK		21st
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		5th
2023	WSK Champions Cup — KZ2	Birel ART Racing	2nd
	WSK Super Master Series — KZ2		6th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2		1st
	WSK Open Series — KZ2		35th

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2020	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	ZUE QH 12	ZUE R 12	SAR QH 9	SAR R 2	WAC QH 24	WAC R 34			7th	26
2021	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	GEN QH 2	GEN R 1	AUB QH 1	AUB R (10)	SAR QH 12	SAR R 2	ZUE QH 1	ZUE R 1	1st	99
2022	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	PRT QH 14	PRT R 7	ZUE QH 31	ZUE R 28	KRI QH 23	KRI R 31	FRN QH 19	FRN R 19	21st	9
2023	Birel ART Racing	KZ2	ZUE QH 1	ZUE SH 2	ZUE R 2	SAR QH 2	SAR SH 1	SAR R 1			1st	150

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	Ginetta Junior Championship	R Racing	9	0	0	0	0	133	15th
	Ginetta Junior Winter Series		4	3	1	2	3	?	1st
2023	Ginetta Junior Championship	R Racing	20	16	13	6	18	660	1st
	F4 British Championship	Double R Racing	6	0	0	1	0	52	17th
	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	6	0	0	0	0	24	16th
	Euro 4 Championship	Prema Racing	6	0	1	0	0	30	10th
	Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round		2	0	0	0	1	N/A	NC
	Macau Formula 4 Race	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2024	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	15	2	0	4	6	172	1st
	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Racing	20	15	11	10	16	383	1st
	Euro 4 Championship		9	2	2	1	4	106	2nd
	GB3 Championship	Rodin Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	51	22nd
	Macau Grand Prix	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	13th
2025	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	6	2	3	3	2	98	2nd*
	Formula Regional European Championship	Prema Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD
	GB3 Championship	Hillspeed	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	DC	Points
2022	R Racing	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	BHI 1	BHI 2	BHI 3	THR1 1	THR1 2	CRO 1	CRO 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	SNE 1 7	SNE 2 15	SNE 3 14	THR2 1	THR2 2	THR2 3	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 11	SIL 3 5	BHGP 1 6	BHGP 2 6	BHGP 3 7			15th	133
2023		OUL 1 1	OUL 2 1	OUL 3 1	SIL1 1 1	SIL1 2 1	SIL1 3 3	DON1 1 5	DON1 2 1	DON1 3 1	SIL2 1 6	SIL2 2 1	SIL2 3 1	SIL2 4 1	SIL2 5 1	SIL2 6 3	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 1	SNE 3 1	CAD 1 1	CAD 2 1	CAD 3 DNS	BHGP 1	BHGP 2	BHGP 3	DON2 1	DON2 2	DON2 3	1st	660

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	DC	Points
2023	Double R Racing	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	BHI 1	BHI 2	BHI 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	DPGP 1 4	DPGP 2	DPGP 3 416	DPGP 4 15	BHGP 1 14	BHGP 2 47	BHGP 3 7	17th	52

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2023	Van Amersfoort Racing	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	IMO 4	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 6	MUG 3 27†	VLL 1 15	VLL 2 5	VLL 3 8	16th	24
2024	Prema Racing	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 1	MIS 3 1	IMO 1 DSQ	IMO 2 30	IMO 3 1	VLL 1 1	VLL 2 1	VLL 3 1	MUG 1 1	MUG 2 1	MUG 3 1	LEC 1 DNS	LEC 2 1	LEC 3 21	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 1	CAT 3 4	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 2		1st	383

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2023	Prema Racing	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1 24	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 26†	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 7	10th	30
2024	Prema Racing	MUG 1 5	MUG 2 2	MUG 3 10	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 3	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 Ret	2nd	106

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2023	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	ZZIC1 1	ZZIC1 2	ZZIC1 3	MAC 1 2	MAC 1 9	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	NC†	0

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2024	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	YMC1 1 3	YMC1 2 4	YMC1 3 1	YMC2 1 1	YMC2 2 3	YMC2 3 2	DUB1 1 4	DUB1 2 10	DUB1 3 4	YMC3 1 Ret	YMC3 2 14	YMC3 3 30†	DUB2 1 5	DUB2 2 4	DUB2 3 3	1st	172

Complete GB3 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2024	Rodin Motorsport	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	SIL1 1	SIL1 2	SIL1 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SIL2 1	SIL2 2	SIL2 3	DON 1 6	DON 2 4	DON 3 52	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	22nd	51

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2024	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	Tatuus F3 T-318	7th	4th	13th

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2025	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	YMC1 1 1	YMC1 2 6	YMC1 3 1	YMC2 1 5	YMC2 2 6	YMC2 3 Ret	DUB 1	DUB 2	DUB 3	YMC3 1	YMC3 2	YMC3 3	LSL 1	LSL 2	LSL 3	2nd*	98*

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2025	Prema Racing	MIS 1	MIS 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	TBD	TBD

References

1. "Albanese and Slater the new European Champions in Sarno" . Retrieved 11 September 2023.
2. "Freddie Slater Wins 2022 Ginetta Junior Winter Series Title". 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
3. "Preview: 2023 Ginetta Junior Championship – Brands Hatch GP". 6 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
4. "Rising star Freddie Slater making British F4 debut with Double R Racing". 24 August 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
5. Wood, Ida (11 September 2023). "Freddie Slater to drive for Prema in Euro 4 at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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7. Wood, Ida (29 December 2023). "Prema confirms Freddie Slater for 2024 Italian F4 and Euro 4 seasons". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
8. "The drivers who could become Britain's next F1 winners". Autosport . 22 May 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
9. Wood, Ida (29 September 2024). "Freddie Slater crowned Italian F4 champion at Barcelona with 13th win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
10. Gascoigne, Roger (26 October 2024). "Slater sails to record 14th Italian F4 victory at wet Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
11. Brabner, George (11 January 2024). "F4 UAE: 2024 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
12. Wood, Ida (18 February 2024). "Freddie Slater crowned F4 UAE champion as Al Dhaheri wins finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
13. Whitfield, Steve (3 September 2024). "Freddie Slater to make GB3 debut with Rodin at Donington Park". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
14. Wood, Ida (20 January 2025). "FRME points leader Freddie Slater to race in GB3 with Hillspeed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
15. "SJM Theodore PREMA Racing readies for 71st Macau Grand Prix". Prema Racing. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
16. "Race Classification". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
17. Wood, Ida (17 November 2024). "Ugochukwu takes FRegional World Cup by winning the Macau GP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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External links

• Freddie Slater career summary at DriverDB.com