前迈凯伦青训车手Ugochukwu加冕2026年F3年度冠军
前迈凯伦F1青训车手Ugo Ugochukwu于周日加冕2026年F3年度冠军，击败奥迪青训车手Freddie Slater。两人此前还曾在冬季的FRECA赛事中争夺冠军，Ugochukwu同样胜出。
前迈凯伦F1青训车手Ugo Ugochukwu夺得F3年度冠军
Ugochukwu击败奥迪培养的Slater成为冠军
Ugo Ugochukwu于周日成为2026年F3年度冠军，尽管他在进入马德里赛道周末时还只是黑马。
整个夏季，Campos 比赛的Ugochukwu与Trident的Freddie Slater凭借在正赛中的稳定表现成为两位冠军争夺者。赛季前七轮（截至夏休期），Slater有六场正赛登上领奖台，Ugochukwu则有五场；没有其他车手在周日取得超过两次前三名。
作为奥迪新设立的车手发展项目的领军人物，Slater本有不错的机会在随后的Monza站对低调的Ugochukwu取得近乎决定性的优势。然而，他在冲刺赛获得第二名后，在正赛中从杆位逐渐掉队，并因技术故障退赛。
因此，这位18岁的英国车手带着仅15分的优势进入在马德里赛道举行的最后一站，领先19岁的美国车手。该站罕见地安排了三场比赛，以弥补因伊朗战争取消的巴林站。
然而Slater排位赛仅列第17和第8，这成为他的败因，而Ugochukwu在两节排位赛中分别排在第4和第2。
Freddie Slater在周日正赛中领先Yevan David
Ugochukwu在冲刺赛获得第八，在第一场正赛获得第四，而Slater未能得分，这意味着周日得分最多者将赢得冠军。
这位Campos车手跑了一场稳健的比赛，全程位居第二，既没有真正获得与Tuukka Taponen争夺胜利的机会，也无需防守自己的位置。
与此同时，他的Trident对手起步时被Yevan David超越，但在第五圈于1号弯外侧超过这位斯里兰卡车手，夺回第八位。但这远不足以击败Ugochukwu夺冠。
“感觉这场比赛比平时长得多，”这位美国人说。“由于乱流，要超越Tuukka相当困难。我努力了几圈，但我发现自己无法足够接近。我们知道第二名就能锁定冠军，所以最终只需把车带回。”
“每一处路肩听起来都比平时更响，我开始听到奇怪的声音，但我只能保持干净直到最后。一旦冲过终点线，我就可以放松了。真的如释重负。”
Ugo Ugochukwu停下赛车，成为F3新科冠军
有趣的是，两人此前曾在冬季争夺Formula Regional European年度冠军，Ugochukwu同样胜出。
这次成功对Ugochukwu而言如同救赎，他在去年年底离开迈凯伦青训项目，当时他的首个F3赛季仅列第16。
“我真的不知道该怎么感受，”他说。“感觉真的很好。我们整个赛季付出的努力终于得到了回报。这是一个了不起的赛季，我只想感谢我的车队Campos。我们全年合作得非常好，以这样的方式收尾是最好的结局。昨天锁定车队冠军，现在又拿下年度车手冠军，这几乎是一个完美的赛季。”
“这非常特别。我们在年初设定了目标，今天我们实现了它们。这非常好，”他补充道。
“我认为这个周末是最重要的一站。我们非常精准，整个周末没有犯错，我们在需要的时候拿出了表现并拿到了积分。这是结束赛季的完美方式。”
Slater仍获得本赛季F3最佳新秀的赞誉。
英文原文
Former McLaren F1 junior Ugo Ugochukwu wins Formula 3 title
Ugochukwu defeated Audi protege Slater to become champion
Ugo Ugochukwu became the 2026 Formula 3 champion on Sunday, despite coming into the Madring weekend as a dark horse.
Campos Racing’s Ugochukwu and Trident’s Freddie Slater emerged as the two title contenders over the summer, courtesy of their consistency in feature races. In the first seven rounds of the season – until the summer break – Slater finished six feature races on the podium, while Ugochukwu stood at five; no other drivers took more than two top-three finishes on Sunday.
Spearheading Audi’s new Driver Development Programme, Slater had a decent chance of taking a near-decisive edge over a low-key Ugochukwu in the following Monza round. However, after finishing second in the sprint, he gradually dropped down the order from pole position in the feature race and retired due to a technical issue.
The 18-year-old Briton therefore went into the final round, at Madring, with just a 15-point advantage over the 19-year-old American. The round unusually featured three races to make up for the loss of the Bahrain event due to the Iran war.
Slater however qualified down in 17th and eighth, which proved to be his downfall, while Ugochukwu was fourth and second across the two qualifying sessions.
Freddie Slater leading Yevan David in Sunday's feature race
Ugochukwu finished eighth in the sprint and fourth in the first feature race while Slater failed to score, meaning whoever scored the most points on Sunday would win the title.
The Campos driver had a solid race, which he spent in second place without really getting a chance to fight Tuukka Taponen for the win or having to defend his position.
Meanwhile, his Trident counterpart lost a spot to Yevan David at the start, but passed the Sri Lankan around the outside of Turn 1 on lap five to retrieve eighth position. This was far from enough though to beat Ugochukwu to the crown.
“It felt like a much longer race than usual,” the American said. “It was quite difficult with the dirty air to overtake Tuukka. I tried my best a few laps, but I saw I couldn’t get quite close enough. We knew that P2 would clinch the title, so just had to ultimately bring it home.
“Every single kerb felt louder than usual, I started hearing weird sounds, but I just had to keep it clean until the end. Once I crossed the finish line, I could relax. Just really relieved.”
Ugo Ugochukwu comes to a halt as F3's new champion
Interestingly, the pair previously fought for the Formula Regional European title over the winter, with Ugochukwu prevailing too.
This success will taste like redemption to Ugochukwu, who left the McLaren junior programme at the end of last year after finishing his maiden F3 season down in 16th.
“I don’t really know what to feel,” he said. “It feels really good. The work we put in throughout the entire season finally paid off. It’s been an amazing campaign, and I just want to thank my team, Campos. We worked really well together all year, and to finish off like this is the best possible way. Clinching the teams’ championship yesterday and now the drivers’ one as well is pretty much a perfect season."
“[It’s] super special. We had our goals set out at the beginning of the year, and today we have achieved them. It’s been super good," he added.
“I think this weekend was the one which really mattered the most. We were super clinical, no mistakes made the whole weekend, and we just delivered when we had to and picked up the points. Perfect way to end the season.”
Slater still takes plaudits as F3’s top rookie this season.
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