McKenzy Cresswell

McKenzy Cresswell is a British racing driver who currently competes in the GT4 European Championship with Elite Motorsport w/ Entire Race Engineering, in 2024 he competed in the GB3 Championship finishing fourth. He was a substitute driver in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.

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 3rd 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 4 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.

Personal life

Although born in the UK, Cresswell 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.

Racing record

Complete F4 British Championship results

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2021	JHR Developments	THR 1 9	THR 2 7	THR 3 2	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 14	SNE 3 3	BHI 1 10⁸	BHI 2 6	BHI 3 2	OUL 1 13	OUL 2 1⁴	OUL 3 14	KNO 1 8	KNO 2 1³	KNO 3 9	THR 1 4	THR 2 Ret	THR 3 WD	CRO 1 1	CRO 2 Ret	CRO 3 1	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 8⁶	SIL 3 9	DON 1 2	DON 2 12³	DON 3 4	BHGP 1 1	BHGP 2 10⁶	BHGP 3 1	3rd	305