Motor racing-British teenager Slater to make F1 practice debut with Audi

Formula One F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary - July 26, 2026 Trident's Freddie Slater celebrates with his trophy after winning the Formula 3 race REUTERS/Marton Monus

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct ⁠22 (Reuters) - British teenager Freddie Slater will ⁠make his Formula One practice debut ‌with Audi in Mexico next week, the team said on Thursday.

• The 18-year-old, first recruit to Audi's F1 ​driver development programme and ⁠one of Britain's emerging ⁠talents in junior series, will also take part ⁠in ‌first Friday practice in Brazil the week after.

• Slater was Formula ⁠Three runner-up in his rookie season ​this year ‌and is moving up to Formula Two, ⁠the ​last rung before Formula One, next year.

• "It is the right time for Freddie to step ⁠up," said Audi racing director ​Allan McNish. "These appearances in Mexico and Brazil will give him valuable experience of a Formula ⁠One race weekend and another chance to continue his development before he steps up to Formula Two".

• Slater missed out on ​the F3 title to McLaren ⁠junior driver Ugo Ugochukwu last month after ​going into the final ‌round in Spain 15 points ​clear of his U.S. rival.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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一级方程式F1 - 匈牙利大奖赛 - 匈牙利布达佩斯亨格罗林赛道 - 2026年7月26日 Trident车队的弗雷迪·斯莱特在赢得F3比赛后举起奖杯庆祝。（路透社/马顿·莫努斯摄）

德克萨斯州奥斯汀，10 月 22 日（路透社）——奥迪车队周四表示，英国青少年车手弗雷迪·斯莱特将于下周在墨西哥首次代表奥迪参加一级方程式赛车练习赛。

• 这位 18 岁的车手是奥迪 F1 车手发展计划的首位新成员，也是英国青年系列赛中涌现出的天才车手之一，他还将在下周参加巴西站的首场周五练习赛。

• 斯莱特今年在他的新秀赛季中获得了三级方程式锦标赛的亚军，明年他将晋升到二级方程式锦标赛，这是一级方程式锦标赛之前的最后一个级别。

“现在是弗雷迪晋升到更高一级方程式赛车的合适时机，”奥迪赛车总监艾伦·麦克尼什说道。“参加墨西哥和巴西站的比赛将为他积累宝贵的F1比赛周末经验，并让他有机会在升入F2之前继续提升自己。”

• 上个月，斯莱特在西班牙的最后一轮比赛前领先美国对手 15 分，但最终却输给了迈凯伦青年车手乌戈·乌戈丘库，错失了 F3 冠军头衔。

（艾伦·鲍德温报道，普里塔·萨卡尔编辑）

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