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 and F2000 cars earlier this year, Jaden hoped to gain more experience in single seaters, and after seeing the development work undertaken with fellow Indian Divy Nandan, looked to Chris Dittmann Racing and the F4 British Championship for his next endeavour.
With access to the team’s state-of-the-art simulator and a number of test days at Donington Park under his belt, the young racer from Shillong, in Meghalaya, has been working hard before heading into his debut weekend in the Tatuus T-421 machinery at Silverstone.
Aspiring to climb up the ladder of single seater racing to an eventual goal of Formula 1, Jaden will be keen to learn as much as possible from his time in the UK with the team. Preparations are well underway for his first race meeting in British F4 competition at Silverstone, alongside returnee Jack Sherwood, who will also be finishing the year with the team.
Jaden Pariat
“I got into motorsport two years ago, and I was mainly influenced by my dad, Atikur, who is a national champion in rallying. We’ve been having fun with cars together since I was a kid, and my original goal was to become a rally driver because of him, but since my dad has already experienced that, I thought I should try something new.
“I started with karting and since then have become vice champion in the Meco FMSCI X30 National Karting Championship, and then moved onto a series called FLGB 1300, which is similar to Formula Ford here, where I became vice champion too after winning on my debut.
“This year I did some testing in MRF 1600 and F2000, before deciding to try something new overseas. To progress, you need to learn from people who are better than you, so that’s why I’m here. I’m learning a lot and I’ve been pretty happy with where we are now. The testing has helped prepared me a little better for British F4. There is still lots to learn, but physically, I’m not facing any difficulties.
“I definitely have big goals, so hopefully we can achieve some good results. I have high expectations for myself, but ultimately this is a learning experience and something we can use to help us build a solid basis for the future.”
Chris Dittmann, Team Owner
“We’ve been speaking to Jaden for about a month, through a contact of ours, Racekraft, in India. He’s very keen to get some mileage in the new F4 car, and with the opportunity there for the last two rounds of the season, it was a great time for him to come and learn in the right environment.
“We’ve been fortunate to get a few test days with Jaden already in the last few weeks and we’ve been pretty impressed. The chemistry has been there from the outset, and we’ve been working together well, so now we’re just looking forward to the last few rounds to see what we can do. There’s been a lot of preparation on the simulator before each test date which has been key to fine tune things before going out on track. He’ll be coming into the championship on the back foot compared to most of the drivers, but he’s up for the challenge.”
