McKenzy Cresswell (born 16 January 2006) is a British racing driver who last competed in the GT4 European Championship with Elite Motorsport. He previously finished fourth in the 2024 GB3 Championship, and is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme. Cresswell was a substitute driver in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz for two rounds. Cresswell was selected to join the McLaren GT3 Junior program in April 2026 and spearheads the McLaren Elite Talent Pathway.
Career Karting Cresswell began karting at seven years old at the Austin, Texas location of K1 Speed, where he competed in the Junior League events. He subsequently competed in SKUSA karting events in the United States.
Upon his return to the UK, Cresswell competed with DSM-Sport in several British karting events.
F4 British Championship 2021 In December 2020, Cresswell signed for JHR Developments to race in the 2021 British F4 Championship. As a build up to the transition from karting, Cresswell spent time at iZone Performance at Silverstone, where in addition to practice on the simulator, he worked on mindfulness training.
On his debut weekend at Thruxton, Cresswell scored a best result of second having claimed third on the starting grid for the final race of the weekend. Thruxton was followed by two third-place finishes at the Snetterton round and a best result of second in changeable conditions at the Brands Hatch Indy weekend. The first victory of the season occurred in the reverse grid race in the following round at Oulton Park. Similarly at the next round at Knockhill in Scotland, Cresswell secured victory in the reverse grid. With a return to qualifying form at the Croft round, Cresswell had his most successful weekend of the season; scoring a double pole, double win, leading every lap and two fastest laps. At the final event of the 2021 season at Brands Hatch, Cresswell scored a double victory to finish third in the championship.
GB3 Championship 2022
For 2022, Cresswell switched teams to Chris Dittmann Racing to compete in the GB3 Championship.
The season started with fourth place at Oulton Park over the Easter Weekend. A series of disappointing qualifying sessions was brought to an end with sixth on the grid at Spa Francorchamps, where the highlight of the season followed in race 2. Despite an incident on lap 1, which left Cresswell in ninth position, he recovered to finish fourth. on the road which became third after penalties were applied. The subsequent event at Silverstone saw Cresswell have another lap 1 incident in race 2 which resulted in the car rolling twice at Abbey curve. Cresswell was uninjured but was unable to continue for the weekend and did not start race 3.
2023 For the 2023 season, Cresswell remained in the GB3 Championship, largely due to the increase in the minimum weight of the car but switched teams to Elite Motorsport. The season started with a disastrous weekend, triggered by a mechanical failure in qualifying, at Oulton Park. With only four points from all three races Cresswell finished the weekend last in the Championship. Thereafter Cresswell rose to finally finish fourth, thanks to consistent performance and a late season podium run where he scored more points that anyone else.
2024 Cresswell opted to remain with Elite Motorsport for a third GB3 season in 2024. Budget issues prevented a move into FIA F3.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Cresswell was drafted in to replace Piotr Wiśnicki at PHM Racing by Charouz during the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, for the Austrian and Silverstone rounds. He achieved a best finish of 17th in his second race at Austria, which at that time lifted him ahead of teammates Wiśnicki and Roberto Faria in the standings. Cresswell returned to his main GB3 campaign and was replaced by Michael Shin for the final three rounds.
GT4 2025 Due the rising costs of single seater racing and desire to move into sports car racing, Cresswell switched to GT4 with Elite Motorsport at the beginning of 2025. Initially for the first two rounds of the GT4 Winter Series alongside Josh Rattican.
Cresswell elected to continue participation in the Championship after the success of the first two rounds. He partnered with Tom Lebbon for the remaining three events.
In the final race weekend in Barcelona, Cresswell needed only to finish seventh in his individual race to win the championship. Taking a conservative approach, he finished fourth. The championship was awarded to him individually as he has partnered with both Josh Rattican and Tom Lebbon during the series.
On 3 April, the organizers of GT4 European Series announced Cresswell would be contesting the championship with Elite alongside Josh Rattican following the performance in the Winter Series.
2026 Cresswell returned to GT4 European Series with Elite Motorsport for the 2026 season partnering Charlie Hart. This announcement was made shortly after Elite Motorsport partnered with McLaren to for the McLaren Elite Talent Pathway, aimed at tapping into Elite's history of nurturing young drivers into GT racing.
GT3 2025 2 Seas Motorsport participated in the Barcelona round of the GTOpen Championship and drafted Cresswell into partner Charles Dawson in the ProAm category.
2026 Greystone GT announced Cresswell would be running in their second pro car at the Spa 500 International GT Open event.
Personal life Cresswell was born in Kingston upon Thames, but moved to Austin, Texas when he was four years old. Returning to the UK just before his 12th birthday, Cresswell lives in Weybridge, Surrey.
Alongside his racing commitments, Cresswell studies Motorsports Engineering at Oxford Brookes University as of 2025.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2019 British Kart Championship - Rotax Junior DSM-Sport 32nd IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior MLR 2020 Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup - Junior Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max DSM Msport 31st
Racing record
Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2021F4 British ChampionshipJHR Developments29646113053rd2022GB3 ChampionshipChris Dittmann Racing23000122111th2023GB3 ChampionshipElite Motorsport2311283904th FIA Formula 3 Championship PHM Racing by Charouz40000033rd 2024GB3 ChampionshipElite Motorsport2323183764th2025GT4 Winter SeriesElite Motorsport15664143031stGT4 European Series - SilverElite Motorsport with Entire Race Engineering1213031065thInternational GT Open – Pro-Am2 Seas Motorsport200011019th2026GT4 Winter SeriesElite Motorsport211005014thGT4 European Series - SilverElite Motorsport with Entire Racing Engineering1032021261st*International GT OpenGreystone GT300013011th* * Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints2021JHR DevelopmentsTHR1THR2THR3SNE1SNE2SNE3BHI1BHI2BHI3OUL1OUL2OUL3KNO1KNO2KNO3THR1THR2THR3CRO1CRO2CRO3SIL1SIL2SIL3DON1DON2DON3BHGP1BHGP2BHGP33rd305
Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2022 Chris Dittmann RacingOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL1SIL2SIL3DON1DON2DON3SNE1SNE2SNE3SPA1SPA2SPA3SIL1SIL2SIL3BHGP1BHGP2BHGP3DON1DON2DON3 11th 221 2023 Elite MotorsportOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL11SIL12SIL13SPA1SPA2SPA3SNE1SNE2SNE3SIL21SIL22SIL23BHGP1BHGP2BHGP3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3DON1DON2DON3 4th 390 2024 Elite MotorsportOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL11SIL12SIL13SPA1SPA2SPA3HUN1HUN2HUN3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SIL21SIL22SIL23DON1DON2DON3BRH1BRH2BRH3 4th 376
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2023 PHM Racing by Charouz BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 33rd 0 Complete GT4 Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2025 Elite MotorsportMcLaren Artura GT4Pro EST1 EST2 EST3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT31st303 2026 Elite MotorsportMcLaren Artura GT4ProEST1EST2EST3ALG1ALG2ALG3CRT1CRT2CRT3ARA1ARA2ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT314th50
Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2025 Elite Motorsport withEntire Race Engineering McLaren Artura GT4 Silver LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 5th 106 2026 Elite Motorsport withEntire Race Engineering McLaren Artura GT4 Silver LEC1 LEC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MIS1 MIS2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ALG1 ALG21st*126
Complete International GT Open Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2025 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro-Am ALG1 ALG2 SPA HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 19th 102026 Greystone GT McLaren 720S GT3 Evo ProALG1ALG2SPA1MIS1MIS2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC1HOC1HOC2MNZCAT1CAT2 11th* 30 * Season still in progress.
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