Jonny Adam

Jonny Adam 2009

Jonny Adam in front of Martin Byford on the Croft Circuit, SEAT Cupra Championship 2008

Jonny Adam at the 6-hour race at Silverstone 2018

Jonathan "Jonny" Adam (born September 4, 1984 in Lochgelly , Fife ) is a British racing driver and works driver for Aston Martin Racing . He is a former champion in the Elf Renault Clio Cup, the Seat Cupra Championship and the British Touring Car Championship . He is also a former winner of the LMGTE Pro class in Le Mans . He currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the British GT Championship.

Career

Beginnings

Adam started his career in karting where he won the Scottish Kart TKM Challenge in 1999. He was also fifth in the British Kart Championship (100 National) in the 2002 season and won the "Summerlee" championship in Larkhall.

In 2003 he entered the Scottish Formula Ford Zetec Championship, where he was third in the overall standings at the end of the season; in the Newcomer's Cup he was second behind Ryan Cannon (5 points behind).

Clio Cup

The following year Adam moved to the Renault Clio Cup, and after a long battle against Ed Pead and Paul Rivett for the championship, it was the latter who won the title in the end. Adam had thrown away his chances on the penultimate race weekend at Donington Park because he did not finish. Jonathan eventually finished third in the championship.

He then competed in the Clio Winter Cup, where he was finally able to achieve the title in the series with a win and three more podiums. In 2005 he fought again in the championship against Pead. This duel dragged on through the entire season, at the end of which Adam was able to secure the trophy.

SEAT Cupra Championship

The following year Adam began his involvement in another one-make cup, the Seat Cupra Championship. In an exciting season he was constantly at odds with the future BTCC driver Mat Jackson and Alan Blencowe. At the end of the year it was Adam who could hold his own.

24 hours of Le Mans

After finishing sixth in the 2016 race , Adam won the LMGTE Pro class a year later. He drove an Aston Martin Vantage GTE with starting number # 97, his team mates were Darren Turner and Daniel Serra . In the last two laps he overtook the Corvette (starting number # 63) of team No. 63 Corvette from Jordan Taylor, Antonio García and Jan Magnussen to secure victory for his team. In addition, Adam set the fastest time this weekend, more precisely in qualifying.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Fernando Rees	Richie Stanaway	Rank 24
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Darren Turner	Daniel Serra	17th place and class win
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Maxime Martin	Alex Lynn	Rank 37
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Maxime Martin	Alex Lynn	Rank 43

Web links

Commons : Jonny Adam  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Jonny Adam at Racing Sports Cars