With the new era of the F4 British Championship ushered in for 2022, it was the perfect time for successful single-seater outfit Chris Dittmann Racing to expand into the series, alongside the continuation of their race winning GB3 campaign efforts. Perched in the back of the truck during a rainy post-season test day at Snetterton, team owner Chris Dittmann took the time to look back over the team’s busy first year in the F4 British Championship, and how it continues to build upon its ethos of driver development across both series. “Our first year in British F4 was a really[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing completed its 2022 GB3 Championship campaign at Donington Park at the weekend (October 15/16), enjoying a quartet of top ten finishes and showing strong pace to end the season on a positive note. After an impressive showing during pre-event testing, in which Zak Taylor was the fourth fastest car on Friday, it was straight into qualifying, where he and McKenzy Cresswell would look to carry over the promising pace. After issues kept McKenzy in the pit for the first couple of minutes of the session, he struggled to get up to speed with the rest of the[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing rounded out its maiden F4 British Championship campaign at the weekend (October 8/9), enjoying another top ten finish to end the season on a high as the series headed to Brands Hatch. Fielding two cars with returning drivers Jack Sherwood and Jaden Pariat, the focus remained on continued driver development for the season finale around the challenging Grand Prix layout. An official test day at the Kent venue’s Indy circuit on Wednesday kicked off the action, before two busy free practice sessions on Friday allowed for the young racers to translate what they had learned on the[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing enjoyed F4 British Championship success at Silverstone at the weekend (September 24/25), with a podium appearance from series debutant Jaden Pariat, bringing home the team’s first silverware of the season. Jaden, from Shillong, in Meghalaya India, joined the team alongside returnee Jack Sherwood to round out a two-car line-up for the remainder of the campaign. After a drizzly and overcast Friday for the practice sessions, the sun was shining on Saturday, where Jaden would head out for his first qualifying session. A red flag was waved at half distance, disrupting the two young racers as they attempted[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing is excited to announce that 15-year-old racer Jaden Pariat will join the team for the remainder of the F4 British Championship campaign, starting at Silverstone over the weekend of September 24/25. The Indian teenager began his motorsport career in 2020 competing in the Meco FMSCI X30 National Karting Championship, where he became the first Indian karting rookie to gain a podium on his debut race. In 2021 he returned to the championship, finishing second overall, alongside parallel campaigns in MRF Challenge FLGB 1300 and the JK Tyre Championship. After an extensive package of testing in MRF 1600[…..]
After a long six-week summer break, Chris Dittmann Racing returned to action at Brands Hatch this weekend (10/11 September) for rounds 19, 20 and 21 of the GB3 Championship. After a season of mostly unrewarded potential, Anglo-Thai racer Branden Oxley brought home his maiden series win, and the team’s first win of the season. With a brief, extra morning practice session on Saturday to allow drivers to familiarise themselves with the full Grand Prix circuit layout, it was straight into qualifying, where a disruption caused a red flag just five minutes into the session as a driver went off at[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing is pleased to announce that 19-year-old racer Zak Taylor will join the team for the remainder of the GB3 Championship season, meaning the Tewkesbury outfit will field a three-car line up for the final rounds of 2022. Zak has been competing in the series this year with Fortec, scoring a best result so far of third at Spa-Francorchamps in July, the same weekend that the team celebrated podium finishes for McKenzy Cresswell and Branden Oxley. Starting out in karts, the Brit was a finalist in the 2018 Ginetta Scholarship, making his racing debut a year later after[…..]
After a positive weekend at Snetterton last time out, Chris Dittmann Racing returned to action at Thruxton for a second time this season, for rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the F4 British Championship at the weekend (27/28 August). The team welcomed back GB4 driver Jack Sherwood after an impressive performance on his championship debut at Snetterton, where he broke into the top ten in race three, alongside young Indian driver Divy Nandan. With an incredibly closely packed grid, and only six tenths covering the ten quickest cars, qualifying would be another opportunity for the two young racers to find[…..]
After sitting out the previous round at Knockhill in July, Chris Dittmann Racing returned to action at Snetterton in Norfolk for races 19, 20 and 21 of the F4 British Championship at the weekend (13/14 August). Fielding two cars for the first time this season with championship debutants Jack Sherwood and Divy Nandan, the team’s focus was on the learning and development of the two young drivers, and translating their hard work on the sim into on track experience. Despite it being the pair’s first real taste of the Tatuus T-421 car, Jack brought home an impressive top ten finish whilst Divy continued[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing is delighted to announce that it will add Jack Sherwood to its roster in the F4 British Championship at Snetterton this weekend (August 12-14), bolstering its effort in the series to a two-car line up. 16-year-old Jack, son of racer Justin, is currently competing in the GB4 Championship, where he has claimed three podium finishes and scored two fastest laps. Prior to that he featured in the Ginetta Junior Championship and Winter Series, being named the winner of the Hard Charger Award for gaining the most positions from his grid positions. In the GB4 Championship, Jack is[…..]