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Adam Smalley
Smalley in 2017
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23)
Poulton-le-Fylde, United Kingdom
Ginetta GT4 Supercup career
Debut season2020
Current teamElite Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number54
Starts39 (39 entries)
Wins11
Poles5
Best finish1st in 2021
Previous series
2019
2017, 2018
2017		Ginetta GT5 Challenge
Ginetta Junior Championship
Ginetta Junior Winter Series
Championship titles
2021
2018
2017		Ginetta GT4 Supercup Pro
Ginetta Junior Championship
Ginetta Junior Winter Series
Awards
2022-2023Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver

Adam Smalley (born 2 January 2001 in Poulton-le-Fylde, England) is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2024 British GT Championship with Garage 59.

Making his car racing debut in 2017, Smalley has won the title in 3 of the 4 categories he has raced in, and won the 2022-2023 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver Award in November 2021, succeeding Harry King.[1] He is a member of the Motorsport UK Academy.

Career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Born in 2001 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Smalley made his karting debut in 2011 at the Trent Valley Kart Club, aged 10. Throughout his 6 year karting campaign, he won titles such as the MSA E Plate Rotax Junior series, and the 2016 Rotax Max Wintercup in the Rotax Max Junior class, beating drivers such as FIA F3 driver László Tóth.

Ginetta Junior Championship[edit]

Smalley made his car racing debut in the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship, racing with JHR Developments. In this year he would finish 7th in the standings, with a podium and a fastest lap. At the end of the year, he would compete in the Winter Series at Brands Hatch, winning the title with 2 wins and 4 podiums in the 4 races.

Adam would continue in the series in 2018, this time switching teams to Elite Motorsport. He would dominate this year, winning 8 races and picking up 9 pole positions to win the title by 8 points.[2]

Ginetta GT5 Challenge[edit]

In 2019, he would move up to the Ginetta GT5 Challenge, again with Elite Motorsport. Winning two of the three races during the first round at Oulton Park,[3] and would continue through the season with two further wins and 10 podiums, to finish 2nd in the standings, 49 points behind champion Scott McKenna.

Ginetta GT4 Supercup[edit]

In 2020, Smalley would switch to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, competing with Elite Motorsport. With 4 wins, he would finish 4th in the standings with 462 points.[4]

He would continue in the championship in 2021, again with Elite Motorsport.[5] Winning 7 races and picking up 13 podiums, he would win the title by 51 points.[6]

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain[edit]

In November 2021, it was announced that Adam Smalley was the 2022-2023 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Junior Driver, following a shootout day earlier in the month.[1] Succeeding Harry King, he made his debut in the series in 2022, driving for Duckhams Yuasa Racing.

Porsche Supercup[edit]

Smalley raced in the Silverstone round of the 2022 Porsche Supercup as a guest driver, driving for Duckhams Yuasa Racing with CLRT, where he finished 12th.[7]

Karting record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Position
2011 Trent Valley Kart Club - Comer Cadet 18th
2012 Trent Valley Kart Club - Comer Cadet 5th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix - Comer Cadet 13th
2013 Trent Valley Kart Club - Minimax 33rd
Super 1 National Rotax Mini Max Championship 17th
2014 Super 1 National Rotax Mini Max Championship 4th
SKUSA SuperNationals XVIII - TaG Junior 50th
2015 Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior 18th
SKUSA SuperNationals XIX - TaG Senior Smak Racing 77th
MSA E Plate - Rotax Junior 1st
2016 British Open Championship - Rotax Max Junior 5th
Rotax Max Wintercup - Rotax Max Junior Coles Racing 1st

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 17 0 0 1 1 377 7th
HHC Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0
Ginetta Junior Winter Series Elite Motorsport 4 2 1 0 4 130 1st
2018 Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 25 8 9 6 17 593 1st
2019 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Elite Motorsport 17 4 1 1 10 308 2nd
2020 Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro Elite Motorsport 19 4 1 5 10 462 4th
2021 Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro Elite Motorsport 20 8 4 2 16 628 1st
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro Duckhams Yuasa Racing 16 1 0 2 10 103 2nd
Porsche Supercup Duckhams Yuasa Racing with CLRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro Team Parker Racing 16 4 3 5 14 129 1st
Porsche Supercup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe - Sport Division - Pro 6 0 0 0 3 71 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Proton Competition 5 0 0 0 0 0 37th
2024 British GT Championship - GT3 Garage 59 2 0 0 0 0 22 5th*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

† As Smalley was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Ginetta GT4 Supercup results[edit]

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2020 Elite Motorsport DON
1
4 		DON
2
4 		DON
3
10 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
4 		BHGP
3
1 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
3 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
2 		THR
3
4 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
2 		CRO
3
1 		SNE
1
3 		SNE
2
1 		SNE
3
4 		BHI
1
1 		BHI
2
3 		4th 462
2021 Elite Motorsport SNE
1
1 		SNE
2
1 		SNE
3
Ret 		BHI
1
2 		BHI
2
1 		BHI
3
5 		OUL
1
12 		OUL
2
6 		KNO
1
1 		KNO
2
1 		KNO
3
5 		THR
1
1 		THR
2
1 		THR
3
2 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
2 		CRO
3
3 		DON
1
3 		DON
2
2 		DON
3
4 		BHGP
1
5 		BHGP
2
4 		BHGP
3
3 		1st 628

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results[edit]

Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2022 Duckhams Yuasa Racing Pro DON
1
1 		DON
2
4 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
3 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
4 		KNO
1
4 		KNO
2
2 		SNE
1
7 		SNE
2
7 		THR
1
3 		THR
2
2 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
7 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
3 		2nd 103
2023 Team Parker Racing Pro DON
1
2 		DON
2
1 		BRH
1
2 		BRH
2
4 		THR
1
2 		THR
2
3 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
1 		KNO
1
2 		KNO
2
3 		DON
1
3 		DON
2
1 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
3 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
1 		1st 141

Complete British GT Championship results[edit]

(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
2024 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1
5 		OUL
2
4 		SIL
1
 DON
1
 SPA
1
 SNE
1
 SNE
2
 DON
1
 BRH
1
 5th* 22*

* Season still in progress.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ADAM SMALLEY NAMED AS 2022/2023 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB JUNIOR DRIVER". BARC. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "ADAM SMALLEY PREVAILS AS CHAMPION FROM GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE". BARC. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Poulton motor race ace Adam Smalley meets Ginetta GT5 Challenge head on with double win at Oulton Park". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "ADAM SMALLEY". Ginetta. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Adam Smalley Targets Title Challenge In 2021 Ginetta GT4 SuperCup". Ginetta. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Poulton motor race ace Adam Smalley crowned Ginetta champion at Brands Hatch". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Adam Smalley to make Porsche Supercup debut at British GrandPrix". PorscheSport. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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