Chris Dittmann Racing
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Base | Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire |
| Team principal(s) | Chris Dittmann |
| Founder(s) | Chris Dittmann |
| Current series | F4 British Championship |
| Former series | GB3 Championship MSV F3 Cup Ginetta G50 Cup |
| Current drivers | F4 British Championship: TBA. Henry Mercier TBA. Daniella Sutton TBA. Piotr Orzechowski |
| Teams' Championships | MSV F3 Cup: 2015, 2018 |
| Drivers' Championships | MSV F3 Cup: 2012 (Chris Dittmann) |
| Website | http://www.chrisdittmannracing.co.uk |
Chris Dittmann Racing (CDR) is a British motorsport team, based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the F4 British Championship and formerly competed in multiple motor racing series, including GB3 Championship, MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup and Ginetta G50 Cup.
Notable past drivers for the team include Ayrton Simmons, Nazim Azman, Sebastian Murray, Alice Powell, Tommy Harfield and McKenzy Cresswell.
Chris Dittmann
Chris Dittmann (born 2 July 1989) is the founder of Chris Dittmann Racing. He formerly competed in Formula Renault BARC Championship for Hillspeed in 2007 and also raced in Ginetta G50 Cup between 2008 and 2010.[1][2]
History
Early years and success in MSV F3 Cup
The team was founded in 2010 by Chris Dittmann. In 2012, Chris Dittmann Racing expanded to MSV F3 Cup. The founder, Chris Dittmann, won the first driver' title.[1] CDR won its first ever teams' title in the MSV F3 Cup in 2015,[3] and later, a second teams' title in 2018.[4]
GB3 Championship
2013–2016
In 2013 the team expanded to GB3 Championship (then BRDC Formula 4), but only contested five rounds,[5] with Luke Williams, Max Cornelius and Dylon Phibbs driving for the team.[6]
Tom Jackson, Tom Bale and Piers Hickin were signed for CDR in the 2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship.[5][7][8]
In 2015, the team signed Omar Ismail, Paul Sieljes and Michael O'Brien, while retaining Tom Jackson for the 2015 BRDC F4.[9][10][11]
In the 2016 season of the newly-renamed BRDC F3, Chris Dittmann Racing signed Jeremy Wahome, Krishnaraaj Mahadik and Quinlan Lall. However, Paul Sieljes replaced Mahadik in the first round,[12] while Omar Ismail also representing the team in the final round.[13]
2017–2021
For the 2017 season, Jeremy Wahome and Omar Ismail remained with the team.[14][15] CDR also signed a new driver, Tristan Charpentier.[16]
Throughout the 2018 season, CDR signed Harry Webb, Chia Wing Hoong,[17] Ayrton Simmons and Cian Carey.[18][19]
In 2019, the team fielded two cars for Ayrton Simmons and Nazim Azman.[20]
For the 2020 BRDC F3 season, Chris Dittmann Racing signed five drivers throughout the season: Nicolás Varrone, Josh Skelton,[21] Max Marzorati (switched from JHR Developments in mid-season),[22] Ayrton Simmons and Alex Fores.[23][24]
2021 saw the team fielded cars for four drivers competing in GB3, with returnees Ayrton Simmons, Max Marzorati and Alex Fores,[25] as well as a newly-signed driver, Branden Lee Oxley.[26]
2022–2025
For the 2022 season, Chris Dittmann Racing remanined with Branden Lee Oxley and signed McKenzy Cresswell,[27] while Ayrton Ori and Zak Taylor joined the team mid-season.[28][29]
In 2023, Chris Dittmann Racing signed Arthur Rogeon and Zak Taylor.[30] Later, Jack Sherwood was promoted from CDR's British F4 outfit to its GB3 squad.[31]
2024 saw the team signed Sebastian Murray and Flynn Jackes as its two full-time entries.[32] Chris Dittmann Racing also fielded seven one- or two-race entries in this season: Rishab Jain, Martinius Stenshorne, Kanato Le, Javier Sagrera (replacing a signed but not raced one-off driver, Isaac Barashi), Jacob Douglas and Tom Mills.[33]
While the team signed Rashid Al Dhaheri for a part-time entry but did not race for the team in 2025,[32] CDR scaled back its GB3 program to part-time, with Divy Nandan,[34] Nicolas Stati and Rodrigo González driving for the team for the first and fifth rounds.[35][36]
The GB3's website omitted the team from its list of 2026 teams,[37] suggesting closure of Chris Dittmann Racing's GB3 program.
F4 British Championship
In September 2021, the team announced expansion to F4 British Championship from 2022.[38]
In 2023, a CDR driver, Gustav Jonsson, won the Rookie Cup.[39] Two years later, the team achieved its first ever race win in British F4 with Tommy Harfield.[40]
Current series results
BRDC Formula 4 Championship / BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 | Luke Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22nd | N/A |
| Max Cornelius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24th | |||
| Dylon Phibbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26th | |||
| 2014 | Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 | Tom Jackson | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 15th | N/A |
| Tom Bale | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 21st | |||
| Piers Hickin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 26th | |||
| 2015 | Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 | Tom Jackson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 420 | 3rd | N/A |
| Michael O'Brien† | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 7th | |||
| Omar Ismail | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 9th | |||
| Paul Sieljes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 22nd | |||
| 2016 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Quinlan Lall | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 15th | N/A |
| Krishnaraaj Mahadik | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 20th | |||
| Jeremy Wahome | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 21st | |||
| Omar Ismail† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24th | |||
| Paul Sieljes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28th | |||
| 2017 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Omar Ismail | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 216 | 11th | N/A |
| Jeremy Wahome | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 14th | |||
| Tristan Charpentier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 18th | |||
| 2018 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Ayrton Simmons | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 19th | N/A |
| Harry Webb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22nd | |||
| Chia Wing Hoong | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24th | |||
| Cian Carey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 25th | |||
| 2019 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Ayrton Simmons | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 450 | 3rd | N/A |
| Nazim Azman | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 236 | 11th | |||
| 2020 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Josh Skelton | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 320 | 6th | N/A |
| Ayrton Simmons† | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 124 | 17th | |||
| Nicolás Varrone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 20th | |||
| Max Marzorati† | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 21st | |||
| Alex Fores | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22nd | |||
| 2021 | Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 | Ayrton Simmons | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 381 | 2nd | 6th |
| Branden Lee Oxley | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 16th | |||
| Max Marzorati | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 20th | |||
| Alex Fores | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 23rd | |||
| 2022 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | McKenzy Cresswell | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 221 | 11th | 7th |
| Branden Lee Oxley | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 15th | |||
| Zak Taylor† | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 154.5 | 18th | |||
| Ayrton Ori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Zak Taylor | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 14th | 8th |
| Arthur Rogeon | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 21st | |||
| Jack Sherwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | James Hedley† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 15th | 7th |
| Sebastian Murray | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 18th | |||
| Flynn Jackes | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 21st | |||
| Kanato Le | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 23rd | |||
| Martinius Stenshorne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27th | |||
| Jacob Douglas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28th | |||
| Tom Mills | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29th | |||
| Javier Sagrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31st | |||
| Rishab Jain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33rd | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 | Rodrigo González† | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 23rd | 11th |
| Divy Nandan† | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 29th | |||
| Nicolas Stati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35th |
† Shared results with other teams.
F4 British Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Joel Pearson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16th | 6th |
| Jack Sherwood | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th | |||
| Jaden Pariat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19th | |||
| Divy Nandan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Gustav Jonsson | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 133 | 11th | 5th |
| Daniel Guinchard | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 13th | |||
| Jack Sherwood | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 15th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Bart Harrison | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20th | 7th |
| Gustav Jonsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23rd | |||
| Carrie Schreiner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27th | |||
| Jessica Edgar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Tommy Harfield | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 246 | 4th | 6th |
| Charlie Edge | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 22nd | |||
| Alba Larsen | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23rd | |||
| Piotr Orzechowski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33rd |
Former series results
Ginetta G50 Cup
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ginetta G50 | Mark Davies† | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 8th |
| Chris Dittmann | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 288 | 10th | ||
| Alice Powell‡ | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 16th |
† Davies drove for Optimum until round 8.
‡ Powell drove for Tockwith until round 5.
Remus Cup
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dallara F308 | Peter Venn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th |
Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| GB3 Championship | 2013–present |
| F4 British Championship | 2022–present |
| Former series | |
| Ginetta G50 Cup | 2010 |
| MSV F3 Cup | 2011–2012, 2015, 2017–2019 |
| Remus F3 Cup | 2017 |
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Michael O'Brien rounds out the top-10 as he switches to competing for Chris Dittmann Racing and the 20-year-old will be looking to add his second win of the year at Snetterton.
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Another driver signed only for Oulton Park is Rishab Jain, who will drive for Chris Dittmann Racing in GB3.
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The Swedish driver won British F4's rookie cup in 2023 while driving for CDR, and finished 11th in the overall standings with two podiums.
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