Jonathan Adam

Jonny Adam
Jonathan Adam.jpg
Adam at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 35)
Kirkcaldy (Scotland)
British GT Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamTF Sport
Car number47
Former teamsBeechdean Motorsport, Optimum Motorsport
Starts84
Wins16
Poles16
Fastest laps7
Best finish1st in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2016, 2017, 2018
TeamsAston Martin Racing
Best finish17th (2017)
Class wins1 (2017)
Previous series
20152017
2016
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
20122017
2010
2009
200608
2004–05
2003
2003
World Endurance Championship
IMSA SportsCar Championship
European Le Mans Series
24H Series
United SportsCar Championship
Blancpain Sprint Series
World Endurance Championship
Blancpain Endurance Cup
Ginetta G50 Cup
BTCC
SEAT Cupra Championship
Clio Cup GB
Formula Renault UK
Formula Ford Zetec Scotland
Championship titles
2017
201516, 18-19
200708
2005
2004
Blancpain Endurance Cup ProAm
British GT

SEAT Cupra Championship
Clio Cup UK
Clio UK Winter Series

Jonathan "Jonny" Adam (born 4 September 1984 in Lochgelly, Fife) is a British racing driver and a factory driver for Aston Martin Racing. He was the champion of the SEAT Cupra Championship in two of its six seasons – winning in 2007 and in 2008. He also won the 2005 Elf Renault Clio Cup. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2009 and currently competes in the British GT Championship, winning the 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 championships. He also won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Career history

Early career

Adam began his career in karting, winning the 1999 Scottish Kart TKM challenge, and he finished 5th overall in the British Kart Championship (100 National) in 2002, and also went on to win the "Summerlee" championship at Larkhall.

In 2003, Jonathan finished 3rd overall in the Scottish Formula Ford Zetec Championship, however he was 2nd and 5pts behind Ryan Cannon in the Newcomer's Cup.[1]

Clio Cup

Adam moved into the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, and after a season long battle with Ed Pead and Paul Rivett, it was the latter who took the title after Adam failed to finish in the penultimate race at Donington Park.[2] Jonathan eventually finished 3rd in the championship.

Adam then took 4 podiums, including a win, to become the Clio Cup Winter series champion.

2005 saw him resume his battle with Pead in the Clios, which took the championship down to the final meeting of the year at Donington Park, where Adam clinched it with a race to spare.

SEAT Cupra Championship

Adam leads Martin Byford at the Croft round of the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship.

Jonathan competed in another one-makes series in 2006, this time the SEAT Cupra Championship. He finished 3rd, in a competitive series with would-be 2007 BTCC driver Mat Jackson and Alan Blencowe finishing ahead of him in the standings.

In 2007, Adam continued in the championship, driving in the top Leon Cupra R class, and sealed the title with 3 races to go at his home circuit of Knockhill,[3] taking 9 wins and 17 podium from the 20 races. He remains in the SEAT Cupra Championship for 2008. At Knockhill he took a double hat-trick – 2 poles, 2 victories, 2 fastest laps, although he remained 14 points behind championship leader Robert Lawson.[4] He eventually won the championship for the second year in succession.

British Touring Car Championship

Adam competing at Oulton Park in 2009.

Adam joined the British Touring Car Championship in 2009, driving a BMW 320si for Motorbase Performance.[5] At the first round of the season at Brands Hatch he was first past the chequered flag in the third race of the day, only to be penalised for hitting Jason Plato when he passed the 2001 champion for the lead.

British GT Championship

Unable to find funding to continue in the BTCC, Adam moved to the British GT Championship to drive an Aston Martin DBRS9 for Beechdean Motorsport for 2011.[6] Adam and co-driver Andrew Howard took their maiden win that season at Rockingham in wet conditions.[7] They took pole position at the final race of the season at Silverstone and went on to take the win, allowing to finish the season 3rd in the GT3 standings.[8]

Adam once again teamed up with Howard for 2012, driving Beechdean's Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.[9] They took the first win for the new car in the third race of the season at the Nürburgring.[10]

24 Hours of Le Mans

Adam driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

After a 6th place finish at the 2016 race, Adam won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No. 97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE alongside Darren Turner and Daniel Serra. He overtook the stricken No. 63 Corvette of Jordan Taylor, Antonio García, and Jan Magnussen in the final two laps of the race to take the win. Adam also set the fastest qualifying time prior to the race.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded 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 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 Pts
2009 Airwaves BMW BMW 320si BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

9
BRH
3

2*
THR
1

12
THR
2

11
THR
3

12
DON
1

6
DON
2

7
DON
3

13
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

5
OUL
3

13
CRO
1

7
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

9
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

6
SNE
3

8
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

7
KNO
3

Ret
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

7
SIL
3

6
ROC
1

5*
ROC
2

5
ROC
3

6
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

5
BRH
3

8
8th 116

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2011 Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3 OUL
1

3
OUL
2

DNS
SNE
1

7
BRH
1

20
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

3
ROC
1

1
ROC
2

9
DON
1

Ret
SIL
1

1
5th 113.5
2012 Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

9
OUL
2

15
NUR
1

1
NUR
2

7
ROC
1

Ret
BRH
1

2
SNE
1

3
SNE
2

Ret
SIL
1

15
DON
1

Ret
8th 75
2013 Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

22†
ROC
1

7
SIL
1

2
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

5
BRH
1

1
ZAN
1

11
ZAN
2

4
DON
1

4
4th 119.5
2014 Beechdean-AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

3
OUL
2

3
ROC
1

5
SIL
1

2
SNE
1

6
SNE
2

1
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

15
BRH
1

16
DON
1

Ret
5th 98
2015 Beechdean-AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

1
ROC
1

7
SIL
1

5
SPA
1

1
BRH
1

4
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

1
DON
1

5
1st 156.5
2016 TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 BRH
1

1
ROC
1

1
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

4
SIL
1

Ret
SPA
1

7
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

2
DON
1

2
1st 163
2017 TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

3
OUL
2

2
ROC
1

8
SNE
1

5
SNE
2

1
SIL
1

9
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

6
BRH
1

4
DON
1

1
3rd 150.5
2018 Optimum Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

1
OUL
2

DNS
ROC
1

4
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

4
SIL
1

3
SPA
1

3
BRH
1

1
DON
1

4
1st 167.5
2019 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 OUL
1

7
OUL
2

15†
SNE
1

3
SNE
2

5
SIL
1

9
DON
1

1
SPA
1

8
BRH
1

1
DON
1

5
1st 131

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Pro NOG
QR
NOG
CR
BRH
QR
BRH
CR
ZAN
QR
ZAN
CR
SVK
QR
SVK
CR
ALG
QR
ALG
CR
ZOL
QR

5
ZOL
CR

5
BAK
QR

2
BAK
CR

2
9th 36

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR
6
COA
6
FUJ
6
SHA
6
BHR
3
12th 47
2016 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
3
LMS
3
NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR
5
10th 56
2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
7
SPA
7
LMS
1
NÜR
7
MEX
Ret
COA
5
FUJ
6
SHA
7
BHR
6
7th 101
2018–19 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA
6
LMS
13
LMS
14
21st 16
TF Sport LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
FUJ
2
SHA
8
SEB
6
SPA 12th 50
2019–20 TF Sport LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SIL
7
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
SÃO
SEB
SPA
LMS
1st* 58*

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST
2
13th 18

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Fernando Rees
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
337 24th 6th
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Brazil Daniel Serra
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
340 17th 1st
2018 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
327 37th 13th
2019 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
325 44th 12th

References

  1. ^ PDF Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cliocup[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Seatsportuk Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/3602165.Lawson_remains_the_one_to_catch/
  5. ^ "Adam gets Motorbase BTCC drive". autosport.com. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  6. ^ Adam to race Aston in British GT, British GT Championship.
  7. ^ Howard & Adam the Rockingham victors, British GT Championship.
  8. ^ Beechdean take victory as Geddies claim championship honours, British GT Championship.
  9. ^ Jonny signs for Beechdean for 2012 season Archived 27 January 2013 at Archive.today, Jonny Adam.com.
  10. ^ Beechdean Motorsport snatch their first race victory win with the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 in British GT Championship at the Nürburgring, Beechdean Motorsport.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paul Rivett
Renault Clio Cup UK Winter Series
Champion

2004
Succeeded by
Matt Allison
Preceded by
Paul Rivett
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Champion

2005
Succeeded by
Tom Onslow-Cole
Preceded by
Mat Jackson
SEAT Cupra Championship
Champion

20072008
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by
Marco Attard
British GT Championship
Champion

2015-2016
With: Andrew Howard (2015) & Derek Johnston (2016)
Succeeded by
Seb Morris
Rick Parfitt Jr.
Preceded by
Marco Attard
British GT Championship
Pro-Am Champion

2015-2016
With: Andrew Howard (2015) & Derek Johnston (2016)
Succeeded by
Seb Morris
Rick Parfitt Jr.
Preceded by
Alessandro Bonacini
Michał Broniszewski
Andrea Rizzoli
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Pro-Am Champion

2017
With: Ahmad Al Harthy
Succeeded by
Lewis Williamson
Nick Leventis
Chris Buncombe
Preceded by
Seb Morris
Rick Parfitt Jr.
British GT Championship
Champion

2018-2019
With: Flick Haigh (2018) & Graham Davidson (2019)
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Seb Morris
Rick Parfitt Jr.
British GT Championship
Pro-Am Champion

2018
With: Flick Haigh
Succeeded by
Jonny Cocker
Sam De Haan

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