Charles leong

Macao Grand Prix: Freddie Slater underlined his favourite status by dominating Saturday's qualifying race for the 2025 Macao Grand Prix, pulling clear from the opening lap and cruising to a comfortable victory. Fresh from winning the Formula Regional European title, the Briton made a clean getaway from second on the grid and swept past polesitter Theophile Nael on the run to Reservoir Bend.

By the end of the opening lap, he had already built a 1.6-second buffer, and the Prema Racing driver steadily widened that advantage to more than five seconds at half distance.

"There's a fine line here," Slater said afterwards. "If you push too hard, you risk brushing a wall, but if you back off too much, you lose rhythm, and that's when mistakes creep in. Macao is unforgiving, so it was about hitting the marks, keeping the rhythm, and ticking off the laps."