Adam Smalley | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Poulton-le-Fylde, United Kingdom | 2 January 2001
Ginetta GT4 Supercup career | |
Debut season | 2020 |
Current team | Elite Motorsport |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 54 |
Starts | 39 (39 entries) |
Wins | 11 |
Poles | 5 |
Best finish | 1st in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2019 2017, 2018 2017 | Ginetta GT5 Challenge Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta Junior Winter Series |
Championship titles | |
2024 2021 2018 2017 | British GT Championship - Silver-Am Ginetta GT4 Supercup Pro Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta Junior Winter Series |
Awards | |
2022-2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver |
Adam Smalley (born 2 January 2001 in Poulton-le-Fylde, England) is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2024 British GT Championship with Garage 59.
Making his car racing debut in 2017, Smalley has won the title in 3 of the 4 categories he has raced in, and won the 2022-2023 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver Award in November 2021, succeeding Harry King. [1] He is a member of the Motorsport UK Academy.
Born in 2001 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Smalley made his karting debut in 2011 at the Trent Valley Kart Club, aged 10. Throughout his 6 year karting campaign, he won titles such as the MSA E Plate Rotax Junior series, and the 2016 Rotax Max Wintercup in the Rotax Max Junior class, beating drivers such as FIA F3 driver László Tóth.
Smalley made his car racing debut in the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship, racing with JHR Developments. In this year he would finish 7th in the standings, with a podium and a fastest lap. At the end of the year, he would compete in the Winter Series at Brands Hatch, winning the title with 2 wins and 4 podiums in the 4 races.
Adam would continue in the series in 2018, this time switching teams to Elite Motorsport. He would dominate this year, winning 8 races and picking up 9 pole positions to win the title by 8 points. [2]
In 2019, he would move up to the Ginetta GT5 Challenge, again with Elite Motorsport. Winning two of the three races during the first round at Oulton Park, [3] and would continue through the season with two further wins and 10 podiums, to finish 2nd in the standings, 49 points behind champion Scott McKenna.
In 2020, Smalley would switch to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, competing with Elite Motorsport. With 4 wins, he would finish 4th in the standings with 462 points. [4]
He would continue in the championship in 2021, again with Elite Motorsport. [5] Winning 7 races and picking up 13 podiums, he would win the title by 51 points. [6]
In November 2021, it was announced that Adam Smalley was the 2022-2023 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver, following a shootout day earlier in the month. [1] Succeeding Harry King, he made his debut in the series in 2022, driving for Duckhams Yuasa Racing.
Smalley raced in the Silverstone round of the 2022 Porsche Supercup as a guest driver, driving for Duckhams Yuasa Racing with CLRT, where he finished 12th. [7]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2011 | Trent Valley Kart Club - Comer Cadet | 18th | |
2012 | Trent Valley Kart Club - Comer Cadet | 5th | |
Kartmasters British Grand Prix - Comer Cadet | 13th | ||
2013 | Trent Valley Kart Club - Minimax | 33rd | |
Super 1 National Rotax Mini Max Championship | 17th | ||
2014 | Super 1 National Rotax Mini Max Championship | 4th | |
SKUSA SuperNationals XVIII - TaG Junior | 50th | ||
2015 | Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior | 18th | |
SKUSA SuperNationals XIX - TaG Senior | Smak Racing | 77th | |
MSA E Plate - Rotax Junior | 1st | ||
2016 | British Open Championship - Rotax Max Junior | 5th | |
Rotax Max Wintercup - Rotax Max Junior | Coles Racing | 1st |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2017 | Ginetta Junior Championship | JHR Developments | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 377 | 7th |
HHC Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ginetta Junior Winter Series | Elite Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 130 | 1st | |
2018 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 25 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 593 | 1st |
2019 | Ginetta GT5 Challenge | Elite Motorsport | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 308 | 2nd |
2020 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro | Elite Motorsport | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 462 | 4th |
2021 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro | Elite Motorsport | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 628 | 1st |
2022 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro | Duckhams Yuasa Racing | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 103 | 2nd |
Porsche Supercup | Duckhams Yuasa Racing with CLRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro | Team Parker Racing | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 129 | 1st |
Porsche Supercup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe - Sport Division - Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 3rd | ||
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Proton Competition | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | |
2024 | British GT Championship - GT3 | Garage 59 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 140 | 3rd |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
† As Smalley was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
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2020 | Elite Motorsport | DON 1 4 | DON 2 4 | DON 3 10 | BHGP 1 4 | BHGP 2 4 | BHGP 3 1 | OUL 1 4 | OUL 2 3 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 2 | THR 3 4 | CRO 1 2 | CRO 2 2 | CRO 3 1 | SNE 1 3 | SNE 2 1 | SNE 3 4 | BHI 1 1 | BHI 2 3 | 4th | 462 | ||||
2021 | Elite Motorsport | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 1 | SNE 3 Ret | BHI 1 2 | BHI 2 1 | BHI 3 5 | OUL 1 12 | OUL 2 6 | KNO 1 1 | KNO 2 1 | KNO 3 5 | THR 1 1 | THR 2 1 | THR 3 2 | CRO 1 2 | CRO 2 2 | CRO 3 3 | DON 1 3 | DON 2 2 | DON 3 4 | BHGP 1 5 | BHGP 2 4 | BHGP 3 3 | 1st | 628 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points | ||||||||
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2022 | Duckhams Yuasa Racing | Pro | DON 1 1 | DON 2 4 | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 3 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 4 | KNO 1 4 | KNO 2 2 | SNE 1 7 | SNE 2 7 | THR 1 3 | THR 2 2 | SIL 1 3 | SIL 2 7 | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 3 | 2nd | 103 |
2023 | Team Parker Racing | Pro | DON 1 2 | DON 2 1 | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 4 | THR 1 2 | THR 2 3 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 1 | KNO 1 2 | KNO 2 3 | DON 1 3 | DON 2 1 | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 3 | BRH 1 4 | BRH 2 1 | 1st | 141 |
(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 | DC | Points |
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2024 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | GT3 | OUL 1 5 | OUL 2 4 | SIL 1 1 | DON 1 8 | SPA 1 2 | SNE 1 10 | SNE 2 4 | DON 1 3 | BRH 1 8 | 3rd | 140 |
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