Freddie Slater can become the first F1 driver born after Kimi Räikkönen’s championship year.
There are several interesting F1 promises coming to Formula One in the next few years. Next year, a 19-year-old will surely drive in the series Ollie Bearmanwho spoiled the start of the season with Ferrari.
Super promise Kimi Antonelli, 17, is a strong candidate for Mercedes’ race driver next season. In a Finnish way, it is gratifying Tuukka Taponen performances.
One of the most potential future names is a 15-year-old British driver Freddie Slater, who has forged a stunning result in the prestigious Italian F4 series since the beginning of the season.
The talented British driver has won 10/12 of this season’s races and leads the series by almost 100 points. After the weekend, he joins no fewer than seven races in his winning streak. Slater’s latest full three-win weekend was scored by an F1 star Even Lando Norris to react to the performances of his compatriots.
– Funded dude, Norris grumbled in the comments section of Slater’s Instagram update.
The 24-year-old Norris, who drives McLaren, achieved the first F1 victory of his career in the spring. In the World Series, he is second to Red Bull Max Verstappen’s after.
The formula boom
Born in 2008, Slater is a true top talent. In 2020, he won the Karting Junior World Championship ahead of Finland’s Tuukka Tapo.
A year ago, he set a winning record in the Ginetta Junior motorsport series. At the beginning of the year, Slater won the Middle East F4 series championship.
Slater is also an interesting watch for Finns. Finnish F1 legend Kimi Raikkonen won the world championship in 2007. Slater may very well become the first driver in formula one born after Räikkönen’s memorable championship year.
Britain is doing very well in F1 at the moment. This season so Norris, George Russell than Lewis Hamilton too have celebrated first place. A week and a half ago, in the qualifying sessions at Silverstone, British drivers occupied positions 1-3 on the starting grid.
With Bearman, there will be four British drivers next season. In addition to Slater as well Arvid from Lindblad a future F1 driver is expected. The 16-year-old gold nugget of the Red Bull Academy is fighting for the F3 series championship this year in his rookie season.