Tom Edgar

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Tom Edgar
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Edgar in 2023
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (2004-10-29) 29 October 2004 (age 19)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
GT4 European Series career
Debut season 2023
Current team Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number12
Starts10 (10 entries)
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish1st (Misano Race 2, 2023) in 2023

Tom Edgar (born 29 October 2004) is a third generation British racing driver currently competing in the GT4 European Series with Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport. [1] [2] [3]

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He began karting aged 6, achieving success in various Irish and British categories before progressing into the Ginetta Juniors aged 15 in 2020 where he raced for two seasons. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2022 he debuted in the British GT Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK in the GT4 category. [10] [11] He finished 4th in the GT4 driver standings (third in the Silver Cup) with the team finishing fifth in the team standings. [12] [13] [14]

Career

2022

In 2022 Edgar graduated from Ginetta Juniors [15] into GT, racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK. [16] He began the season racing alongside Jack Mitchell at Oulton Park, [17] then alongside Jordan Collard for the remainder of the season. [18]

RoundLocationPosition
1 Oulton Park 8th
2 Oulton Park 4th
3 Silverstone [19] [20] 13th
4 Donington Park 3rd [21]
5 Snetterton 4th
6 Snetterton 4th
7 Spa-Francorchamps 5th
8 Brands Hatch 6th
9 Donington Park [22] 1st [23] [24] * [25]

[26] [27] [28] [29]

*Denotes qualifying in pole position.

2023

In 2023 it was confirmed that Edgar had been selected to participate in the Motorsport UK Academy [30]

He was also selected as a BRDC Rising Star [31]

Moving now to racing in Europe, Edgar signed with Borusan Otomitiv Motorsport to race in the GT4 European Series in a BMW M4. [32]

RoundLocationPosition
1Monza2nd and 3rd [33] [34]
2Paul Ricard7th and 15th [35] [36]
3Spa-Francorchamps6th and 3rd [37] [38]
4Misano4th and 1st [39] [40]
5Hockenheim15th and 8th [41] [42]
6Barcelona10th and 30th [43] [44]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019Ginetta Junior Winter ChampionshipDouglas Motorsport400000NC
2020 Ginetta Junior Championship Total Control Racing 2100223046th
2021 Ginetta Junior Championship R Racing9210317614th
2022 British GT Championship - GT4 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 911131274th
2023 GT4 European Series - Silver Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 1210241173rd
2024 ADAC GT4 Germany FK Performance Motorsport
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD Walkenhorst Motorsport

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPoints
2020 Total Control Racing DON
1
8		 DON
2
(13)		 DON
3
8		 BHGP
1
12		 BHGP
2
11		 BHGP
3
7		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
11		 THR
1
8		 THR
2
4		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
5		 SIL
3
2		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
6		 SNE
1
7		 SNE
2
9		 SNE
3
7		 BHI
1
6		 BHI
2
7		6th304
2021 R Racing THR
1
1		 THR
2
5		 SNE
1
4		 SNE
2
2		 SNE
3
1		 BHI
1
4		 BHI
2
8		 BHI
3
10		 OUL
1
17		 OUL
2
C		 KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		KNO
4 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BHGP
1 		BHGP
2 		BHGP
3 		14th176

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota GR Supra GT4 GT4 OUL
1
23		 OUL
2
17		 SIL
1
28		 DON
1
20		 SNE
1
20		 SNE
2
19		 SPA
1
17		 BRH
1
16		 DON
1
13		4th127

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2023 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Silver MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
3		 LEC
1
7		 LEC
2
15		 SPA
1
6		 SPA
2
3		 MIS
1
4		 MIS
2
1		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
8		 CAT
1
10		 CAT
2
30†		3rd117

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  34. ↑ "Monza - Race 2 Results" (PDF).
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