System 3 runner-up and Audi System 1 junior Freddie Slater will step as much as System 2 with Invicta Racing in 2027.
The 2024 Italian F4 and 2025 System Regional European champion was signed by Audi to spearhead its new Driver Improvement Programme in 2026, whereas he moved to F3 with Trident.
4 consecutive feature-race podiums meant Slater snatched the lead of the championship away from sophomore Ugo Ugochukwu going into the summer season break, however he solely scored 15 extra factors throughout the final 5 races of the season and was surpassed by the Campos driver within the title battle.
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Slater nonetheless was the perfect rookie of the season – although he did participate in two rounds in 2025. Eight podiums together with one victory in Hungary meant the 18-year-old Briton comfortably took the runner-up spot forward of second-year Tuukka Taponen and fellow debutant Taito Kato.
“I’m actually excited to be stepping as much as System 2 with Invicta Racing subsequent yr,” Slater mentioned. “I discovered quite a bit in System 3 this season, and I really feel I’ve developed as a driver and as an individual over the course of the yr.
“Invicta has a terrific document in System 2, and I can’t wait to get began with the staff and put together for our marketing campaign collectively. I’m additionally very grateful for the continued help from the Audi Driver Improvement Programme. There’s nonetheless quite a bit for me to be taught, and I’m actually wanting ahead to taking up this new problem.”
Rafael Camara, Invicta Racing
Photograph by: Clive Mason / Getty Pictures
The Trident-to-Invicta pipeline has been extraordinarily profitable in recent times with a number of situations of back-to-back titles.
Gabriel Bortoleto, Leonardo Fornaroli and Rafael Camara earned the earlier three F3 crowns with the Italian squad, earlier than switching to the Norfolk-based outfit in F2 – the place Bortoleto and Fornaroli grew to become champions as rookies. At present a detailed second within the 2026 standings, Camara has an honest likelihood of emulating them.
Regardless that he narrowly did not prevail in F3, these are the examples Slater will intention to comply with in 2027.
“The transfer to System 2 is the pure subsequent step for Freddie, and an necessary new section of his growth as a driver,” mentioned Audi Driver Improvement Programme director Allan McNish.
“He loved a robust System 3 season, preventing for the title till the ultimate spherical – exhibiting his pace, racecraft and progress all year long. We’re very happy with what Freddie has achieved this season and the way he has developed alongside the way in which.
“Invicta Racing has had a superb document in recent times, and we’re delighted to be working with them. We consider it’s the best surroundings for him, and we stay up for supporting him as he takes on this new problem in 2027.”
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