Audi F1 signs Freddie Slater to new driver development program

This kid has been working hard and racing everywhere, and even if he never makes it to F1, it will have been a great move by Audi to download his brain while building a new driver development program from the ground up. That said, I reckon his chances of an Audi F1 seat are quite good. Audi did not opt for the full Cadillac Maneuver of signing two old hands; they split the difference by retaining Nico Hülkenberg while rolling the dice on Gabriel Bortoleto, which seems to have worked out. By the time Bortoleto is in his prime as a driver, Slater will be ready to take him on.