Chris Dittmann Racing (CDR) is a British auto racing team. Based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, the team was founded in 2010 by racing driver Chris Dittmann and so-named after him. It currently participates in the F4 British Championship. Formerly, the team also competed in multiple auto racing series, including GB3 Championship, MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup and Ginetta G50 Cup.
Notable past drivers for the team include Ayrton Simmons, McKenzy Cresswell, Martinius Stenshorne, Alice Powell and Nicolás Varrone.
Chris Dittmann Chris Dittmann (born 2 July 1989) is the founder of Chris Dittmann Racing. A mechanical engineer and former racing driver, he formerly competed in Formula Renault BARC Championship for Hillspeed in 2007 and also raced in Ginetta G50 Cup between 2008 and 2010. Note: The name "Chris Dittman" in the source is a typo.
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. CDR won its first ever teams' title in the MSV F3 Cup in 2015, and later, a second teams' title in 2018.
GB3 Championship 2013–2016 In 2013 the team expanded to GB3 Championship (then BRDC Formula 4), but only contested five rounds, with Luke Williams, Max Cornelius and Dylon Phibbs driving for the team.
Tom Jackson, Tom Bale and Piers Hickin were signed for CDR in the 2014 BRDC Formula 4 Championship.
In 2015, the team signed Omar Ismail, Paul Sieljes and Michael O'Brien, while retaining Tom Jackson for the 2015 BRDC F4.
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, while Omar Ismail also representing the team in the final round.
2017–2021 For the 2017 season, Jeremy Wahome and Omar Ismail remained with the team. CDR also signed a new driver, Tristan Charpentier.
Throughout the 2018 season, CDR signed Harry Webb, Chia Wing Hoong, Ayrton Simmons and Cian Carey.
In 2019, the team fielded two cars for Ayrton Simmons and Nazim Azman.
For the 2020 BRDC F3 season, Chris Dittmann Racing signed five drivers throughout the season: Nicolás Varrone, Josh Skelton, Max Marzorati (switched from JHR Developments in mid-season), Ayrton Simmons and Alex Fores.
2021 saw the team fielded cars for four drivers competing in GB3, with returnees Ayrton Simmons, Max Marzorati and Alex Fores, as well as a newly-signed driver, Branden Lee Oxley.
2022–2025 For the 2022 season, Chris Dittmann Racing remanined with Branden Lee Oxley and signed McKenzy Cresswell, while Ayrton Ori and Zak Taylor joined the team mid-season.
In 2023, Chris Dittmann Racing signed Arthur Rogeon and Zak Taylor. Later, Jack Sherwood was promoted from CDR's British F4 outfit to its GB3 squad.
2024 saw the team signed Sebastian Murray and Flynn Jackes as its two full-time entries. 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.List of sources that mentioned CDR's signing of one-off drivers:
While the team signed Rashid Al Dhaheri for a part-time entry but did not race for the team in 2025, CDR scaled back its GB3 program to part-time, with Divy Nandan, Nicolas Stati and Rodrigo González driving for the team for the first and fifth rounds.
The official website of GB3 did not list Chris Dittmann Racing as an team entrant for 2026 season, suggesting the team's withdrawal from GB3.
F4 British Championship
In September 2021, the team announced expansion to F4 British Championship from 2022.
In 2023, a CDR driver, Gustav Jonsson, won the Rookie Cup. Two years later, the team achieved its first ever race win in British F4 with Tommy Harfield. Other racing Chris Dittmann Racing competed in 2010 Ginetta G50 Cup, with their drivers including Alice Powell. The team also participated in 2017 Remus F3 Cup, fielding a car for Peter Venn at the Spa round. Current series results F4 British Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.T.C.2022Tatuus F4-T421 Joel Pearson1500003016th6th Jack Sherwood1200001418th Jaden Pariat600001319th Divy Nandan60000221st2023Tatuus F4-T421 Gustav Jonsson30001213311th5th Daniel Guinchard1700139513th Jack Sherwood3000038915th2024Tatuus F4-T421 Bart Harrison2700002420th7th Gustav Jonsson200001623rd Carrie Schreiner60000827th Jessica Edgar30000828th2025Tatuus F4-T421 Tommy Harfield3032482464th6th Charlie Edge2100003422nd Alba Hurup Larsen2100002723rd Piotr Orzechowski90000633rd2026Tatuus F4-T421 Henry Mercier Tommy Harfield Piotr Orzechowski Daniella Sutton Autumn Fisher Alba Hurup Larsen
Former 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.2013Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Luke Williams900004122ndN/A Max Cornelius300001824th Dylon Phibbs30000626th2014Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Tom Jackson18000013615thN/A Tom Bale1500006921st Piers Hickin300002226th2015Ralph Firman Racing-Duratec MSV F4-013 Tom Jackson2420294203rdN/A Michael O'Brien†1810011507th Omar Ismail1811022609th Paul Sieljes300003422nd2016Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Quinlan Lall20000014915thN/A Krishnaraaj Mahadik16000010320th Jeremy Wahome2200009821st Omar Ismail†600004724th Paul Sieljes300001028th2017Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Omar Ismail21000121611thN/A Jeremy Wahome21000016514th Tristan Charpentier500005318th2018Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Ayrton Simmons800008819thN/A Harry Webb300004522nd Chia Wing Hoong600002224th Cian Carey300003025th2019Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Ayrton Simmons23335104503rdN/A Nazim Azman24200223611th2020Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Josh Skelton2400033206thN/A Ayrton Simmons†7221412417th Nicolás Varrone700005820th Max Marzorati†1300005521st Alex Fores700002422nd2021Tatuus-Cosworth F4-016 Ayrton Simmons2443153812nd6th Branden Lee Oxley12000012616th Max Marzorati1200017820th Alex Fores500013723rd2022Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 McKenzy Cresswell23000122111th7th Branden Lee Oxley21100316315th Zak Taylor†240001154.518th Ayrton Ori30000024th2023Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 Zak Taylor20000015314th8th Arthur Rogeon23000312321st Jack Sherwood30000127th2024Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 James Hedley†14000215115th7th Sebastian Murray23000011118th Flynn Jackes1700007521st Kanato Le300004623rd Martinius Stenshorne200001927th Jacob Douglas600001828th Tom Mills300001729th Javier Sagrera300001031st Rishab Jain30000433rd2025Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 Rodrigo González†1200004123rd11th Divy Nandan†1200003329th Nicolas Stati30000535th † Shared results with other teams.
Ginetta G50 Cup Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.2010Ginetta G50 Mark Davies†2800102998th Chris Dittmann19021528810th Alice Powell‡17000016316th † Davies drove for Optimum until round 8.
‡ Powell drove for Tockwith until round 5.
Remus F3 Cup Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.2017Dallara F308 Peter Venn200001020th
Timeline Current seriesF4 British Championship2022–presentFormer seriesGinetta G50 Cup2010MSV F3 Cup2011–2012, 2015, 2017–2019GB3 Championship2013–2025Remus F3 Cup2017
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