16-year-old Jack Sherwood will proceed with the Chriss Dittmann Racing group for the ultimate two race weekends of the 2022 ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA season.
Sherwood made his sequence debut in the summertime when he took factors on his first race weekend at Snetterton, following on from that efficiency he continued to construct his confidence within the automobile at Thruxton.
As he targets additional expertise forward of a full-season marketing campaign in 2023, Sherwood has signed up with CDR for the ultimate race weekends at Silverstone and Manufacturers Hatch.
“Making the transfer into ROKiT British F4 with Chris Dittmann Racing was an incredible expertise,” says Sherwood. “I’ve discovered rather a lot during the last two rounds, and I’ve actually loved driving the automobile and the racing.
“The group have been mega with serving to me develop as a driver, so it was a little bit of a no brainer when it got here to deciding whether or not we had been going to do the previous couple of rounds. As a result of we discovered a lot from the primary two, we knew it might have been good for no matter we do subsequent yr to proceed on and end the season.
“We’ve acquired a few days of testing lined up earlier than Silverstone, which shall be an excellent alternative to get out within the automobile with out a number of strain, in contrast to a race weekend. I’ve not been within the automobile since Thruxton, so it is going to nonetheless be a bit tough, contemplating everybody’s had a full season within the automobile, however we’ll strive our greatest.“
Sherwood made the transfer into the single-seater sequence after racing within the Ginetta Junior sequence, “The brand new F4 automobile is mega, and it seems like a really effectively constructed, high-tech automobile that’s nice to drive,” he defined. “I actually get pleasure from driving for CDR, they’re a extremely good group and really skilled. The racing is all the time thrilling in ROKiT British F4, and it’s good to be again on the TOCA package deal for me since I used to race there in Ginetta Juniors.
“Heading into the ultimate two rounds I need to attempt to be nearer at first of the weekends. At Snetterton and Thruxton, by race three, our tempo hasn’t been too unhealthy, however the principle aim for the subsequent two rounds could be to have that very same tempo on the Friday morning classes, so we will hold increase over the course of the weekend.”
Group Principal Chris Dittmann was joyful to verify the announcement because the group rounds out their maiden marketing campaign within the F4 British Championship.
“It’s nice to have Jack returning to the group and have two vehicles out for the final two rounds of the championship,” mentioned Dittmann.
“Jack has made some good enchancment during the last couple of rounds with us, and he’s eager to point out what he’s able to within the final two. Having each vehicles out collectively will hopefully imply they’ll push one another ahead and get some good outcomes for the tip of the yr.
“The entire group works very well with Jack, and we’ve been impressed with how shortly he’s been creating with the automobile, because it’s fairly a bit totally different to what he’s been used to. The chemistry is there, all of us hit it off and we simply need to push ahead and get some good outcomes collectively.”
