Chris Dittmann Racing headed to Kent for rounds four, five, and six of the F4 British Championship at the weekend (May 5-7), on the short but challenging Brands Hatch Indy circuit. It was a positive weekend for the team, who finished with four podium appearances and a solid haul of points, as well as departing the venue in the lead of the Rookie Cup standings. After two sessions of free practice on Friday it was straight into qualifying the following morning under tricky damp conditions. A red flag cut the session short, however all three of the team’s drivers qualified[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing started its 2023 F4 British Championship campaign off with a bang at Donington Park at the weekend (April 22/23), with four podium appearances and all three drivers bringing home silverware. After unofficial testing on Thursday, it was straight into qualifying on Saturday for the teenage racers, where quickest lap times would set the grid for race three, second quickest for race one, and a full grid reversal for race two. With both Daniel Guinchard and Jack Sherwood qualifying inside the top ten, in fourth and ninth respectively, and rookie teammate Gustav Jonsson not far behind in 12th,[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing is excited to announce that Swedish teenager Gustav Jonsson will be the third young driver to join the team in the F4 British Championship grid this season, rounding out its entry for 2023. The youngster started his motorsport journey in 2017, when he competed in the MKR Series Sweden in the Junior 60 class, going on to progress through the categories in the Swedish Championship each year from 2019 to 2022. Last year he competed in the Euro Trophy Series and was initially planning to continue in karts before being put in contact with Chris Dittmann and[…..]
Chris Dittmann Racing is pleased to announce that F4 British Championship race winner Daniel Guinchard will join the team for the 2023 season. The Northamptonshire-based teenager began his karting career in 2015, showing his mettle by taking the championship win in the ADAC Kartmasters OK Junior category in 2020, and becoming Rotax World Champion on the international stage later that year. In 2021, Daniel became the first junior driver in history to win two British titles in a single season, dominating both the Junior Rotax and Junior X30 classes, before making the jump into single seaters. Having completed a full[…..]
Chris Dittmann racing is excited to announce that up-and-coming talent Jack Sherwood will return to the team to undertake a full F4 British championship campaign assault in 2023. The 16-year-old contested four rounds of the series with the team last season, with an impressive highest finish of eighth at Silverstone, amongst a host of top ten results. Alongside Jack’s efforts in F4, he competed in a full GB4 Championship campaign where he was firmly in the title fight, scoring two wins, seven further podium appearances, four fastest laps and one pole position, eventually finishing in the top five overall. Already[…..]
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 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[…..]