STRATFORD-upon-Avon teenager Freddie Slater has joined Hillspeed for selected rounds of the single-seater GB3 Championship.
The 16-year-old becomes Hillspeed’s first confirmed category signing for the 2025 season.
Slater joins the Markham Vale team for a selection of GB3 Championship events and will conduct GB3 testing with Hillspeed during the year.
Slater said: “I’m excited to be racing in the new GB3 car with a British team, I am looking forward to maximising the opportunity of racing with Hillspeed.
“Although I can’t complete the whole championship, we will do our best to fight for wins.”
Hillspeed team principal, Richard Ollerenshaw added: “Freddie is, without question, one of Britain’s top young single-seater stars and his achievements so far in the space of just a couple of years in cars are simply sensational.
“All at Hillspeed are absolutely delighted to be working with Freddie and the exceptional team at ADD Management during the new GB3 season, providing an environment in which he can excel.
“Of course, Freddie’s chief focus is his already confirmed Formula Regional campaign but the additional experience he will gain in the outstanding new GB3 car, during the race weekends and testing with ourselves, will be a major benefit as his career undoubtedly continues to reach new heights.
“We are very privileged to have a driver of Freddie’s quality, ability and standing in our GB3 team for the coming season.”
The Stratford teenager, supported by ADD Management, has already confirmed his seat in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship this year with Prema Racing.
Slater won nine titles in kart racing including the 2020 OK Junior World Championship and 2021 OK Junior FIA Karting European Championship.
He made the step up to cars in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series at the end of 2022.
Slater became the youngest-ever Ginetta title winner at the age of 14-years-old and dominated the main Junior Championship the following year as he took the crown with 13 victories from 18 races.
He debuted in single-seaters midway through 2023 in British F4 and has also raced in the Euro 4 Championship and Italian F4 Championship
That year, Slater won the FIA European KZ2 Karting Championship and claimed the Autosport National Driver of the Year award.
Slater won the Formula 4 UAE Championship in the Middle East in early 2024 before embarking on a full campaign in Italian F4.
He claimed the Italian F4 title in style – setting a new record of 15 race wins while also winning by the biggest-ever points margin.
Slater gained GB3 Championship experience with Rodin Motorsport last year.
Hillspeed are entering the brand-new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 car for the 2025 GB3 Championship.
