It was clear in advance that the 2023 Ginetta Junior championship would be a Freddie Slater tour de force.
He gave early notice of his talent in late-2022 Ginetta Junior outings, his first car races after turning the minimum age of 14. Then he won its winter series, becoming Ginetta’s youngest-ever champion. But, for those in the know, his star was obvious even sooner.
Jamie Ross, director of R Racing that Slater raced Ginettas with, explains. “We knew that Freddie was quite special after the first test day we did at Blyton and we had Ash Sutton there in another car,” Ross tells Motorsport News. “It was Freddie’s first-ever day with us, I
