Ugochukwu beats Slater to win F3 title
- On Sunday, American driver Ugo Ugochukwu secured the 2026 Formula 3 championship in Madrid, winning by 11 points to become the first American F3 champion.
- Slater arrived at the final round with a 15-point lead, but qualifying 17th and eighth proved costly, allowing Ugochukwu to erase the deficit and overtake his Trident rival.
- Ugochukwu maintained second place behind Tuukka Taponen during the feature race, later saying, "I just had to keep it clean until the end."
- Campos Racing clinched the teams' championship, completing a season double at their home race in Madrid. Ugochukwu credited the team, saying, "It's been an amazing campaign."
- This victory marks redemption for Ugochukwu, who finished 16th last year after leaving the McLaren junior programme, and adds to his Formula Regional Oceania, Macau Grand Prix, and Euro 4 crowns.
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Taponen wins F3 finale as Ugochukwu finishes second to take title
Photo: Formula Motorsport Ltd Tuukka Taponen took an untroubled lights-to-flag victory in FIA Formula 3’s final round at the Madring as Ugo Ugochukwu followed him home to claim the drivers’ title. Fittingly, local team Campos Racing added the drivers’ title to the teams’ championship at their home race in Madrid. Speaking after the race, Ugochukwu talked of a “superclinical weekend, with no mistakes the whole weekend and a perfect way to end the…
Madrid, 13 Sep (EFE).- The Madring circuit, which premiered this weekend, proclaimed its first champion, in the Formula 3 category in which the American Ugo Ugochukwu (Campos Racing) was imposed after completing its retrace to the British Freddie Slater (Trident). Slater arrived in Madrid as a great favorite to [...] La entrada Madring crowns its first champion: Ugo Ugo Ugochukwu in Formula 3 was first published in HolaNews.
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