Dexter Patterson

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Dexter Patterson
Dexter Patterson 2022 BTCC Season Launch.jpg
Patterson at Thruxton in 2022 for the BTCC Season Launch.
Born (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)
Glasgow, United Kingdom
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2022
Current team Team HARD
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number17
Former teams Laser Tools Racing
Starts60 (60 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish22nd in 2023
Previous series
2023, 2022
2021
2020
2020 		BTCC
GB3 Championship
Italian F4
Formula 4 UAE

Dexter Macham Patterson (born 18 August 2003) is a British racing driver from Scotland currently competing in the GT4 European Series driving for Mahiki Racing. He previously competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2022 [1] and 2023, [2] driving for Laser Tools Racing and Team HARD respectively. He was a member of the Sauber Junior Team from 2019 until early 2021.

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Career

Karting

Patterson started competition karting in 2011 at the Trent Valley Kart Club. From there he moved onto national championships, winning the Super 1 National and Formula Kart Stars series in 2015 and achieved victory at the Kartmasters British Grand Prix in 2016 in the Rotax Mini Max class. 2017 would become Patterson's most successful year to date: the Scot triumphed in the Trofeo delle Industrie and won the Karting World Championship on his first attempt. [3] He then raced in karts for two more seasons, with a notable success being victory in the WSK Super Master Series in 2019. [4]

Lower formulae

In 2020 Patterson made his single-seater debut with a one-off appearance in the first round of the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Xcel Motorsport. [5] Despite his lack of experience the Scot managed to finish all three races in the points, and ended up twelfth in the standings. [6]

Patterson's main campaign for that season would lie in the Italian F4 Championship, where he would partner Jesse Salmenautio and fellow rookies Zdeněk Chovanec and Sebastian Øgaard at Bhaitech. [7] He had a successful first round at Misano, where he got points in all three races, and he finished ninth in the following race at Imola. [8] [9] The eight points Patterson scored through the first four races would unfortunately be his only points of the season, as the team struggled with reliability. Patterson ended up 22nd in the championship, behind all of his teammates. He finished 15th in the Rookies' standings.

BRDC British F3 Championship

For 2021 the Scot progressed into the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, driving for Douglas Motorsport alongside Reema Juffali. [10] His first podium came at just his third race, with third place at the Brands Hatch Circuit. [11] The next round at Silverstone would bring controversy however, as Patterson was disqualified from the first two races and excluded from the third one after an altercation in the paddock with Bryce Aron, who had collided with the Scot in the second race. [12] Patterson bounced back in round three at Donington Park with three top ten finishes and a best result of fourth that weekend, but would withdraw from the following round at Spa-Francorchamps. He finished the season in 21st place, being one of 19 drivers to have scored a podium throughout the campaign.

Formula Regional European Championship

On the 20 July 2021 Monolite Racing announced that Patterson would be replacing the outgoing Jasin Ferati in the Formula Regional European Championship for the Spa-Francorchamps round. [13] He finished the first race in 19th place, but would go on to score his first points in just his second start, finishing seventh and bringing Monolite their first points of the year.

Formula One

In 2019 the karting division of the Sauber Junior Team signed Patterson for the Scot's final year of karting competition. [14] When Patterson moved up to single-seaters in 2020 he was confirmed to become part of the academy. [15] In February 2021, Patterson was released from the programme. [16]

British Touring Car Championship

Laser Tools Racing (2022)

For 2022, Patterson moved to the British Touring Car Championship, driving an Infiniti Q50 for Laser Tools Racing alongside Aiden Moffat. [1] The Scot came 23rd in the overall standings with 5 points, and 6th in the Jack Sears Trophy, with 9 podiums in class.

Team HARD (2023-)

Patterson continued in the championship for 2023, this time moving to Team HARD to drive a Cupra León. [2]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2011Trent Valley Kart Club — Comer Cadet9th
2012Trent Valley Kart Club — Comer Cadet19th
2013Trent Valley Kart Club — IAME CadetAIM Motorsport19th
LGM Series — IAME Cadet7th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet8th
Super One Series Championship — IAME CadetFusion Junior4th
2014LGM Series — IAME Cadet5th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet5th
Super 1 National Championship — IAME CadetAIM Motorsport7th
2015LGM Series — IAME CadetAIM Motorsport3rd
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet11th
Super 1 National Championship — IAME CadetAIM Motorsport1st
Formula Kart Stars — Super Cadet1st
2016Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Rotax Mini Max1st
British Open Championship — Rotax Mini Max9th
Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max5th
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ 32nd
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 18th
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 1st
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 11th
Swedish Championship — OKJ Forza Racing2nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 24th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 1st
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 18th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OK 18th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK Forza Racing12th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 11th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK KR Motorsport Srl8th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 4th
WSK Final Cup — OK 5th
2019 WSK Champions Cup — OK KR Motorsport18th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 2nd
WSK Super Master Series — OK 1st
Italian Championship — OK 2nd
WSK Euro Series — OK Sauber Karting Team 3rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 3rd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 6th

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship Xcel Motorsport300003212th
Italian F4 Championship Bhaitech 200000822nd
2021 GB3 Championship Douglas Motorsport800017021st
Formula Regional European Championship Monolite Racing20000621st
Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 300000NC†
2022 British Touring Car Championship Laser Tools Racing 300000523rd
2023 British Touring Car Championship Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. 3000004122nd
2024 GT4 European Series - Silver Mahiki Racing800000*NC*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2020 Bhaitech MIS
1
10		 MIS
2
8		 MIS
3
10		 IMO1
1
9		 IMO1
2
Ret		 IMO1
3
13		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
16		 RBR
3
16		 MUG
1
19		 MUG
2
21		 MUG
3
22		 MNZ
1
12		 MNZ
2
18		 MNZ
3
11		 IMO2
1
14		 IMO2
2
Ret		 IMO2
3
23		 VLL
1
Ret		 VLL
2
C		 VLL
3
21		22nd8

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2021 Douglas Motorsport BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
33		 SIL1
1
DSQ		 SIL1
2
DSQ		 SIL1
3
EX		 DON1
1
7		 DON1
2
8		 DON1
3
44		 SPA
1
WD		 SPA
2
WD		 SPA
3
WD		 SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		SIL2
1 		SIL2
2 		SIL2
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		DON2
1 		DON2
2 		DON2
3 		21st70

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2021 Monolite Racing IMO
1 		IMO
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MCO
1 		MCO
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SPA
1
19		 SPA
2
7		 RBR
1 		RBR
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MNZ
1
WD		 MNZ
2
WD		21st6

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2022 Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 DON
1
17		 DON
2
18		 DON
3
18		 BRH
1
25		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
23		 THR
1
20		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
23		 OUL
2
20		 OUL
3
15		 CRO
1
20		 CRO
2
18		 CRO
3
16		 KNO
1
20		 KNO
2
14		 KNO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
20		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
19		 THR
1
21		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
19		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
17		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
20		 BRH
3
14		23rd5
2023 Re.Beverages and Bartercard
with Team HARD. 		Cupra León DON
1
14		 DON
2
18		 DON
3
16		 BRH
1
17		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
15		 SNE
1
20		 SNE
2
22		 SNE
3
13		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
15		 THR
3
15		 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
14		 OUL
3
20		 CRO
1
17		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
13		 KNO
1
12		 KNO
2
13		 KNO
3
6		 DON
1
21		 DON
2
18		 DON
3
14		 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
19		 SIL
3
16		 BRH
1
17		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
11		22nd41

Complete GT4 European Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2024 Mahiki Racing Lotus Emira GT4 Silver LEC
1
42†		 LEC
2
36		 MIS
1
24		 MIS
2
Ret		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
Ret		 MNZ
1
28		 MNZ
2
Ret		 JED
1 		JED
2 		NC*0*

* Season still in progress.

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