Born in Whitehaven, Edgar started his career in 2012, being in the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing.[1] Edgar began his karting career with Fusion Motorsport in Britain, finishing second in the Super 1 National Championship just three years after his debut. He also won the SKUSA SuperNationals that year, driving for Team Benik. His karting highlight came in 2017, when he won the CIK-FIA European Championship in the OKJ-category on his first attempt, having beaten the likes of Hadrien David, Zane Maloney and Jack Doohan. In Edgar's final year of karting he managed to finish third in the WSK Super Master Series, having remained with Forza Racing.
Lower formulae
2019
In 2019, Edgar made his car racing debut in the Italian F4 Championship, driving for Jenzer Motorsport, whilst also competing in selected rounds of the ADAC Formula 4 Championship as a guest driver.[2] He scored two podiums, namely a second-place finish at Imola and third at Mugello. Edgar scored a further two pole positions and two fastest laps, and with 97 points the Red Bull Junior finished 10th in the standings.
Edgar would continue to race in both the Italian and GermanFormula 4 Championships, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic he would only compete part-time in the former. He signed for Van Amersfoort Racing, partnering fellow Red Bull Junior Team member Jak Crawford. The British driver would end up winning the ADAC Formula 4 Championship with a gap of just two points to Crawford, while in the Italian Championship he would finish fourth, winning at Imola and the season finale in Vallelunga, despite having missed two race weekends.[3][4]
In October 2020 Edgar completed the first post-season test at Catalunya, running for MP Motorsport.[5] Later that month, the Dutch outfit once again fielded Edgar in the second post-season test at Jerez.[6] In December, Edgar partook in a test with the Carlin team at Algarve.[7] At the start of January, Edgar was announced to drive for Carlin in the 2021 season, partnering Ido Cohen and Kaylen Frederick.[8] He qualified 12th and thus started on pole on his debut as a result of reverse grid, and finishing that race in fifth place gave him his first points in Formula 3. The Briton's most successful round came at the Red Bull Ring where he, after only qualifying in 18th place, finished sixth, fifth and tenth in the races respectively. Unfortunately, Edgar didn't manage to score any further points after that round and ended up 18th in the standings, having scored all but two points of Carlin that year. However, in September 2021, Edgar was nominated for the Autosport BRDC Award and was selected as one of the four finalists together with Louis Foster, Ollie Bearman and eventual winner Zak O'Sullivan.[9][10]
2022
In November 2021, Edgar switched to reigning team champions Trident for the post-season test at Catalunya, driving alongside Roman Staněk and rookie Zane Maloney.[11] After further testing during the winter, Edgar was confirmed with the Italian outfit in January for the 2022 season.[12] Having been picked as one of the title favourites, it was a surprise when Edgar finished outside of the top ten in both races of the opening round. However, he later revealed that he had been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, which caused major weight loss during the winter and made driving immensely difficult.[13][14] Edgar opted to pull out of the championship following that round, claiming that he "[needed] to take some time out to prioritise [his] health.[15] After missing the rounds at Imola and Barcelona, the Brit returned for the fourth round at Silverstone, having "improved sufficiently" to return to racing.[16][17] In the feature race, he scored his first points of the season with an eighth-place finish.[18] He would continue his points-scoring form into the following round in Austria, where he ended up seventh in the sprint race, however a collision caused by Caio Collet at the Safety car restart in the feature race prevented another points finish. A scoreless round at Budapest came next, although Edgar would finish off the season in a positive manner, scoring points in all of the remaining six races, being the only driver to manage this feat.[19] Edgar ended up twelfth in the standings, having helped Trident to the runner-up spot in the teams' championship and become the highest placed driver to have missed at least two rounds.
Edgar remained in Formula 3 for the 2023 season, this time moving to MP Motorsport after a successful test.[23] However, much as the Briton had hoped to start the season off strongly, he was only able to collect two points during the first four rounds of 2023.[24] Despite persistent qualifying struggles, Edgar would eventually return to the top ten, finishing fifth and sixth in Austria.[25] More top-ten finishes came in the subsequent two events, with a highlight being fourth during the Spa sprint race, before Edgar managed to take his maiden victory in the category at Monza, managing to stay in the lead even after a last-lap safety car restart.[26] He finished the year in 13th position overall, being beaten by teammate Colapinto, who ended up fourth.[27]
Formula One
In September 2017, Edgar was named as one of four new signings to the Red Bull Junior Team, alongside Dennis Hauger, Jack Doohan and Harry Thompson.[28] However at the start of 2023, Edgar was announced to be leaving the junior team.[29]
Formula E
In April 2023, Edgar was invited to take part in the Formula EBerlin rookie test with Envision Racing.[30][31] He would again partake in the Berlin rookie test the following year, but would be drive for DS Penske.[32]
Edgar switched into endurance racing on a full-time basis for 2024, driving in the 24 Hours of Daytona as part of the Sean Creech Motorsport lineup in the LMP2 class.[34] He also drove at Sebring and Watkins Glen as part of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, receiving particular plaudits for finishing fourth in the former, piloting a Ligier JS P217 chassis as opposed to the Oreca 07 used by the rest of the field.[35]
For his main campaign, Edgar partnered Robert Kubica and Louis Delétraz at AO by TF in the European Le Mans Series.[36] Following a seventh place in class at Barcelona, Edgar took the lead during the opening stint at Le Castellet, which helped his team to finish third overall.[37] At the following race in Imola, the Briton put in a strong pair of opening stints in a contest which saw the #14 inherit victory after its conclusion, when the Panis Racing entry was penalised for a FCY infringement, thus earning Edgar his first win in sportscar racing.[38][39] Following an appeal by Panis, the penalty was rescinded, leaving Edgar and his teammates in second.[40] He did not have to wait long for his true first victory, as AO claimed a win from pole at Spa-Francorchamps.[41] Fifth at Mugello set up a title decider at Portimão, where an erroneously applied penalty for the title rivals at Inter Europol Competition helped AO on their way to second in the race, a result that secured the title for Edgar, Delétraz, and Kubica.[42][43]
2025: LMP2 and GT split
Extending his relationship with TF Sport and AO Racing, Edgar became a full-time driver in the LMGT3 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R alongside factory driver Daniel Juncadella and bronze-ranked Ben Keating.[44] Additionally, he became AO's silver driver for the endurance rounds of the IMSA SCC, partnering Dane Cameron and P. J. Hyett.[45] His WEC season started perfectly in Qatar, as a clean race and an accomplished defense by Juncadella on Grégoire Saucy in the final hour earned Edgar his maiden GT victory.[46][47] Just over a month later, Edgar took part in a one-off IMSA GTD class entry for AO Racing at Long Beach alongside Laurens Vanthoor.[48] Edgar qualified second and, helped by the strategy of staying on the older tyres at the sole pit stop, enabled Vanthoor to take the lead and win.[49][50]
Personal life
Edgar is the cousin of racing driver Jessica Edgar.[51] They are part of the fourth generation of Edgars to race professionally.[52][53]
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