Jonathan Adam

Jonny Adam
Jonny Adam
	Adam at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh.
Nationality	British
Born	4 September 1984 (age 40); Kirkcaldy (Scotland)
British GT Championship career
Debut season	2011
Current team	TF Sport
Car number	47
Former teams	Beechdean Motorsport, Optimum Motorsport
Starts	84
Wins	16
Poles	16
Fastest laps	7
Best finish	1st in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Teams	Aston Martin Racing
Best finish	17th (2017)
Class wins	1 (2017)
Previous series
2015–2017; 2016; 2015; 2015; 2014; 2014; 2013; 2012–2017; 2010; 2009; 2006–08; 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; 2015–16, 18-19; 2007–08; 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 FIA World Endurance Championship, 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

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 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

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
2018–19	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 Ret	COA 1	SPA	LMS			2nd*	83*

^* 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	Aston Martin Racing	Fernando Rees Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	337	24th	6th
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Daniel Serra	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	340	17th	1st
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	327	37th	13th
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	325	44th	12th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2016	Action Express Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY 6	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET	28th	26

References

^ PDF Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Cliocup^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Seatsportuk Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/3602165.Lawson_remains_the_one_to_catch/
^ "Adam gets Motorbase BTCC drive". autosport.com. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
^ Adam to race Aston in British GT, British GT Championship.
^ Howard & Adam the Rockingham victors, British GT Championship.
^ Beechdean take victory as Geddies claim championship honours, British GT Championship.
^ Jonny signs for Beechdean for 2012 season Archived 27 January 2013 at archive.today, Jonny Adam.com.
^ 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

Official website
Jonathan Adam career summary at DriverDB.com

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 2007–2008	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

[PDF1-1] PDF Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[Cliocup-2] Cliocup^{[permanent dead link]}

[SeatsportUK-3] Seatsportuk Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[4] ttp://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.

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