Jonny Edgar

Jonny Edgar
Edgar driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality	British
Born	(2004-02-13) 13 February 2004 (age 20) Whitehaven, United Kingdom
Related to	Jessica Edgar (cousin)
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	MP Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	12
Former teams	Trident, Carlin Buzz Racing
Starts	51 (52 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	12th in 2022
Previous series
2019–2020 2019–2020 2019	ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2020	ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is a British racing driver who is set to compete in the European Le Mans Series with AO by TF. He previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, winning a race in 2023. In addition, he was both a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion. ^[1]

He is the cousin of F1 Academy driver Jessica Edgar. ^[2]

Early career

Karting

Born in Whitehaven, Edgar started his career in 2012, being in the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing. ^[3] 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. ^[4] 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.

2020

Edgar racing in the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Edgar would continue to race in both the Italian and German Formula 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. ^{[5] [6]}

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

Edgar driving for Carlin during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Edgar driving for Trident during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In October 2020 Edgar completed the first post-season test at Catalunya, running for MP Motorsport. ^[7] Later that month, the Dutch outfit once again fielded Edgar in the second post-season test at Jerez. ^[8] In December, Edgar partook in a test with the Carlin team at Algarve. ^[9] At the start of January, Edgar was announced to drive for Carlin in the 2021 season, partnering Ido Cohen and Kaylen Frederick. ^[10] 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. ^{[11] [12]}

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. ^[13] After further testing during the winter, Edgar was confirmed with the Italian outfit in January for the 2022 season. ^[14] 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. ^{[15] [16]} Edgar opted to pull out of the championship following that round, claiming that he "[needed] to take some time out to prioritise [his] health. ^[17] After missing the rounds at Imola and Barcelona, the Brit returned for the fourth round at Silverstone, having "improved sufficiently" to return to racing. ^{[18] [19]} In the feature race, he scored his first points of the season with an eighth-place finish. ^[20] 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. ^[21] 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.

After the end of the season, Edgar took part in the post-season test, partnering Franco Colapinto and Mari Boya at MP Motorsport. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

2023

Edgar remained in Formula 3 for the 2023 season, this time moving to MP Motorsport after a successful test. ^[25] 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. ^[26] Despite persistent qualifying struggles, Edgar would eventually return to the top ten, finishing fifth and sixth in Austria. ^[27] 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. ^[28] He finished the year in 13th position overall, being beaten by teammate Colapinto, who ended up fourth. ^[29]

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. ^[30] However at the start of 2023, Edgar was announced to be leaving the junior team. ^[31]

Formula E

In April 2023, Edgar was invited to take part in the Formula E Berlin rookie test with Envision Racing. ^{[32] [33]}

Sportscar career

2023: First foray

At the back end of 2023, Edgar made his sporscar racing debut in the British GT Championship, driving a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for Garage 59 at the season finale in Donington. ^[34]

2024: LMP2 campaign

Edgar would switch 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, before embarking on a campaign in the European Le Mans Series, where he would be partnering Robert Kubica and Louis Delétraz at AO by TF. ^{[35] [36]}

Personal life

Edgar is the cousin of racing driver Jessica Edgar. ^[37] They are part of the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing. ^{[38] [39]} In April 2022 Jonny Edgar was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. ^{[15] [16]}

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2012	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Comer Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	14th
	Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet		20th
2013	LGM Series — IAME Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	11th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		10th
	Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet		4th
	Super One Series Championship — IAME Cadet		NC
	O Plate — Comer Cadet		1st
2014	LGM Series — IAME Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	14th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		4th
	Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet		3rd
	O Plate — IAME Cadet		1st
2015	Florida Winter Tour — Mini ROK	Team Benik Kart	1st
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet	Fusion Motorsport	7th
	SKUSA Pro Tour — TaG Cadet		2nd
	LGM Series — IAME Cadet		1st
	Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet		2nd
	O Plate — IAME Cadet		1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Cadet	Team Benik Kart	1st
	WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini		25th
2016	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Rotax Mini Max	Coles Racing	6th
	British Open Championship — Rotax Mini Max		2nd
	Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max		2nd
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini Max	Team Benik Kart	17th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior		21st
2017	WSK Champions Cup — OKJ	Forza Racing	21st
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		4th
	WSK Super Master Series — OKJ		12th
	Swedish Championship — OKJ		1st
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ		1st
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ		34th
	WSK Final Cup — OKJ		4th
2018	WSK Champions Cup — OK	Forza Racing	5th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OK		8th
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		3rd
	WSK Open Cup — OK		6th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK		31st
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		14th

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2017	Forza Racing	OKJ	SAR QH 2	SAR R 1	CAY QH 17	CAY R (14)	LEM QH 2	LEM R 3	ALA QH 3	ALA R 1	KRI QH 3	KRI R 4	1st	113
2018	Forza Racing	OK	SAR QH 28	SAR R 24	PFI QH 26	PFI R 24	AMP QH 20	AMP R 16	AUB QH 15	AUB R 13			31st	3

Complete Karting World Championship results

Year	Team	Class	Quali Heats	Main race
2017	Forza Racing	OKJ	26th	NR
2018	Forza Racing	OK	23rd	14th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	21	0	2	2	2	97	10th
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	F4 Spanish Championship		3	0	2	0	3	39	14th
2020	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	6	5	6	11	300	1st
	Italian F4 Championship		14	2	1	3	6	169	4th
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	0	0	0	0	23	18th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident	14	0	0	2	0	46	12th
2023	FIA Formula 3 Championship	MP Motorsport	18	1	0	0	1	55	13th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Orlen Team AO by TF	1	0	0	0	0	6	7th*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Sean Creech Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	537	8th*

^† As Edgar was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(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	Pos	Points
2019	Jenzer Motorsport	VLL 1 7	VLL 2 19	VLL 3 Ret	MIS 1 19	MIS 2 10	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 21	HUN 2 5	HUN 3 7	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 14	IMO 1 2	IMO 2 5	IMO 3 5	IMO 4 9	MUG 1 3	MUG 2 8	MUG 3 10	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 8	MNZ 3 9	10th	97
2020	Van Amersfoort Racing	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO1 1 2	IMO1 2 1	IMO1 3 3	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 4	RBR 3 4	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 5	MUG 3 26	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO2 1 5	IMO2 2 11	IMO2 3 4	VLL 1 3	VLL 2 C	VLL 3 1		4th	169

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(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
2019	Jenzer Motorsport	OSC 1	OSC 2	OSC 3	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 11	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 13	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	SAC 1	SAC 2	SAC 3		NC†	0
2020	Van Amersfoort Racing	LAU1 1 1	LAU1 2 1	LAU1 3 7	NÜR1 1 2	NÜR1 2 1	NÜR1 3 5	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 17	NÜR2 1 3	NÜR2 2 1	NÜR2 3 6	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 7	LAU2 1 7	LAU2 2 7	LAU2 3 4	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 2	OSC 3 2	1st	300

^† As Edgar was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	Carlin Buzz Racing	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 6	CAT 3 16	LEC 1 28	LEC 2 23	LEC 3 14	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 5	RBR 3 10	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 26	HUN 3 Ret	SPA 1 21	SPA 2 17	SPA 3 19	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 25	ZAN 3 15	SOC 1 18	SOC 2 C	SOC 3 14	18th	23
2022	Trident	BHR SPR 13	BHR FEA 11	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SIL SPR 15	SIL FEA 8	RBR SPR 7	RBR FEA 21	HUN SPR 13	HUN FEA 24	SPA SPR 4	SPA FEA 5	ZAN SPR 4	ZAN FEA 9	MNZ SPR 5	MNZ FEA 8				12th	46
2023	MP Motorsport	BHR SPR 9	BHR FEA 23	MEL SPR DSQ	MEL FEA 11	MON SPR Ret	MON FEA 14	CAT SPR 12	CAT FEA 15	RBR SPR 5	RBR FEA 6	SIL SPR 28	SIL FEA NC	HUN SPR 8	HUN FEA 8	SPA SPR 4	SPA FEA 19	MNZ SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 1				13th	55

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	DC	Points
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	ALG 1	BRH 1	DON 1 13	NC	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2024	Sean Creech Motorsport	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 9	SEB 4	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	ATL	8th*	537*

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2024	Orlen Team AO by TF	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 7	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	7th*	6*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website
• Jonny Edgar career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Théo Pourchaire	ADAC Formula 4 Champion 2020	Succeeded by Ollie Bearman