The season began in Melbourne, where Freddie started his Formula 3 debut weekend from third and converted it into second place in the Feature Race. It was an early signal of what would follow: immediate pace, control under pressure and the ability to turn strong qualifying positions into major results. After the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds created a long break in the calendar, Freddie returned to racing on the streets of Monaco. Again, he secured a third-place start. Again, he left with a Feature Race podium. On one of the most demanding circuits of the season, the momentum continued. Barcelona and Spielberg brought more complicated weekends. Qualifying setbacks at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and a first-lap collision in Spielberg put Freddie under pressure, but both weekends still brought more silverware. A Sprint Race podium from the second row of the reverse grid in Barcelona was followed by another Feature Race top three, extending a run of results that kept him firmly in the title conversation.
