Dexter Patterson

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Dexter Patterson
Patterson at Thruxton in 2022 for the BTCC Season Launch.
Born (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20)
Glasgow, United Kingdom
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamTeam HARD
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number17
Former teamsLaser Tools Racing
Starts60 (60 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish22nd in 2023
Previous series
2021
2020
2020		BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
Italian F4 Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship

Dexter Macham Patterson (born 18 August 2003) is a British racing driver from Scotland currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship, driving for Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.[1] He made his championship debut in 2022 with Laser Tools Racing.[2] He was a member of the Sauber Junior Team from 2019 until early 2021.

Career[edit]

Karting[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Laser Tools Racing (2022)[edit]

For 2022, Patterson moved to the British Touring Car Championship, driving an Infiniti Q50 for Laser Tools Racing alongside Aiden Moffat.[2] 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-)[edit]

Patterson continued in the championship for 2023, this time moving to Team HARD to drive a Cupra León.[1]

Karting record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Position
2011 Trent Valley Kart Club — Comer Cadet 9th
2012 Trent Valley Kart Club — Comer Cadet 19th
2013 Trent Valley Kart Club — IAME Cadet AIM Motorsport 19th
LGM Series — IAME Cadet 7th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet 8th
Super One Series Championship — IAME Cadet Fusion Junior 4th
2014 LGM Series — IAME Cadet 5th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet 5th
Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet AIM Motorsport 7th
2015 LGM Series — IAME Cadet AIM Motorsport 3rd
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet 11th
Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet AIM Motorsport 1st
Formula Kart Stars — Super Cadet 1st
2016 Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Rotax Mini Max 1st
British Open Championship — Rotax Mini Max 9th
Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max 5th
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 Racing 2nd
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 Racing 12th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 11th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK KR Motorsport Srl 8th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 4th
WSK Final Cup — OK 5th
2019 WSK Champions Cup — OK KR Motorsport 18th
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[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship Xcel Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 32 12th
Italian F4 Championship Bhaitech 20 0 0 0 0 8 22nd
2021 GB3 Championship Douglas Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 70 21st
Formula Regional European Championship Monolite Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 21st
Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 British Touring Car Championship Laser Tools Racing 30 0 0 0 0 5 23rd
2023 British Touring Car Championship Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. 30 0 0 0 0 41 22nd
2024 GT4 European Series - Silver Mahiki Racing

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
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 		22nd 8

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results[edit]

(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
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 		21st 70

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[edit]

(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 DC Points
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 		21st 6

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(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)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
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 		23rd 5
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 		22nd 41

* Season still in progress.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Patterson switches to Team Hard Cupra for BTCC 2023". Autosport. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Laser Tools Racing brings in Dexter Patterson for BTCC debut". TouringCarTimes. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Britons Keirle, Patterson become 2017 karting world champions". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "WSK Official Site - World Global System". www.wskarting.it. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ Allen, Peter (6 January 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ Waring, Bethonie (10 January 2020). "Francesco Pizzi takes hat-trick of UAE F4 victories on debut". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Patterson joins BhaiTech Racing for 2020 Italian Formula 4 season". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ Waring, Bethonie (2 August 2020). "Francesco Pizzi holds off Mini at Misano to take Italian F4 lead". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ Suttill, Josh (29 August 2020). "Ugran resists Red Bull juniors to win Italian F4 opener at Imola". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ Wood, Ida (2 March 2021). "Dexter Patterson steps up to BRDC British F3 with Douglas Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ^ Whitfield, Steve (23 May 2021). "Mansell ends British F3 opener with reversed grid Brands Hatch win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ^ Whitfield, Steve (27 June 2021). "Dexter Patterson excluded from BRDC British F3 round at Silverstone". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (20 July 2021). "Dexter Patterson set to race in both British F3 and FREC this weekend". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  14. ^ Waring, Bethonie (31 March 2019). "Sauber expands junior team into karting with Kart Republic". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  15. ^ Wood, Ida (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  16. ^ Wood, Ida (26 October 2021). "Patterson reunites with Monolite for second FREC appearance at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

External links[edit]

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