Loake, Lindblad and Slater join Superstars
Three newcomers have joined the
British Racing Drivers’ Club’s Superstars programme, which aims to help young talent on and off track, for 2024.
Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award winner Joseph Loake and Red Bull Junior Arvid Lindblad, who will graduate to FIA Formula 3 with Rodin Motorsport and Prema Racing respectively, plus Prema’s Formula 4 UAE series leader Freddie Slater are the new Superstars. They have all ‘graduated’ from the junior BRDC Rising Stars, and join 10 others who remain on the scheme.
Ollie Bearman is continuing in Formula 2 and has been named as Ferrari F1 reserve (see p5), while Zak O’sullivan steps up to F2 as last year’s F3 runner-up. O’sullivan’s fellow Williams protege Luke Browning remains in F3 after winning the 2023
Macau Grand Prix, and will race against reigning GB3 champion Callum Voisin.
Tom Gamble continues as a Mclaren factory driver in GT, while Seb Priaulx has started his IMSA GTD Pro season in a Porsche with pole and second place at the Daytona 24 Hours. Louis Foster will undertake a second season in Indy NXT, and Harry King remains in the Porsche Supercup. Yet to confirm their 2024 plans are GB3 ace Matthew Rees and reigning Carrera Cup GB champion Adam Smalley.
Ex-bentley works driver Andy Meyrick remains on board as Superstars director to guide the young talents for another season.
“The British Racing Drivers’ Club has always been a strong supporter of young drivers and this year’s list of BRDC Superstars is testament to that,” said club president David Coulthard. “Andy Meyrick and the team have done a brilliant job over the years to help nurture and guide these talents and mould them into professional racing drivers. There is no doubt that we will be seeing the names of some of these Superstars on the Formula 1 grid in the coming years.”