Jonathan Adam

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Jonathan Adam
Adam at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 39)
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
British GT Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamBlackthorn
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number87
Former teamsOptimum Motorsport, TF Sport, Garage 59, Beechdean AMR, 2 Seas Motorsport
Starts107
Wins19
Poles19
Fastest laps7
Best finish1st in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
TeamsAston Martin Racing
Best finish17th (2017)
Class wins1 (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 Robert "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[edit]

Early career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Adam leads Martin Byford at the Croft round of the 2008 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.[3]

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,[4] 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.[5] He eventually won the championship for the second year in succession.

British Touring Car Championship[edit]

Adam competing at Oulton Park in 2009.

Adam joined the British Touring Car Championship in 2009, driving a BMW 320si for Motorbase Performance.[6] 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[edit]

Adam and Davidson's TF Sport-run Aston Martin leaving the pits at Donington.
Adam and Howard's Beechdean Aston Martin at Brands Hatch.

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.[7] Adam and co-driver Andrew Howard took their maiden win that season at Rockingham in wet conditions.[8] 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.[9]

Adam once again teamed up with Howard for 2012, driving Beechdean's Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.[10] They took the first win for the new car in the third race of the season at the Nürburgring.[11]

From 2015 and onwards, Adam has finished in the top 3 in the GT3 Championship standings in the British GT Championship, winning the title in 2015,[12] 2016,[13] 2018,[14] and 2019.[15]

24 Hours of Le Mans[edit]

Adam driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

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.[16]

Jonathan Adam Became a two time class winner at Le Mans in 2020, but this time in the GTE Am class with TF Sport.[17]

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(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
Source:[18]

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 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
2020 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 OUL
1 		OUL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		BRH
1
9 		DON
1 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		17th 3
Garage 59 SIL
1
Ret
2021 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 BRH
1
2 		SIL
1
6 		DON
1
3 		SPA
1
WD 		SNE
1
4 		SNE
2
6 		OUL
1
8 		OUL
2
8 		DON
1
8 		6th 111.5
2022 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1
5 		DON
1 		SNE
1
28 		SNE
2
3 		SPA
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1 		NC‡ 0‡
2023 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
4 		SIL
1
11 		DON
1
1 		SNE
1
6 		SNE
2
2 		ALG
1
1 		BRH
1
3 		DON
1 		3rd 162
2024 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
15 		SIL
1
 DON
1
 SPA
1
 SNE
1
 SNE
2
 DON
1
 BRH
1
 12th* 1*
Source:[19]

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance. ‡ As Adam was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[edit]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points Ref
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 [20]
2021 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Pro-Am MAG
1
22 		MAG
2
21 		ZAN
1
23 		ZAN
2
21 		MIS
1
21 		MIS
2
18 		BRH
1
23 		BRH
2
24 		VAL
1
Ret 		VAL
2
20 		4th 101.5 [21]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

(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
6 		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
12 		20th 16
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
3 		LMS
1 		BHR
8 		2nd 154
Sources:[19][22]

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 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
2021 TF Sport LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 CAT RBR
8 		LEC MNZ SPA ALG 22nd 4
2022 Oman Racing with TF Sport LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 LEC
6 		IMO
2 		MNZ
11 		CAT
7 		SPA
8 		ALG
10 		13th 37
2023 TF Sport LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 CAT
9 		LEC
3 		ARA
11 		SPA
9 		ALG
10 		ALG
6 		9th 28
2024 Grid Motorsport by TF LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 CAT
7 		LEC
 IMO
 SPA
 MUG
 ALG
 7th* 6*
Source:[19]

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Fernando Rees
New Zealand Richie Stanaway 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro 		337 24th 6th
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro 		340 17th 1st
2018 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro 		327 37th 13th
2019 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro 		325 44th 12th
2020 United Kingdom TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am 		339 24th 1st
Sources:[19][23]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
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 [24]
2022 Magnus Racing GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
2 		SEB LBH LGA MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 49th 342 [25]
Source:[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ PDF Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cliocup[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "SEAT Cupra Great Britain 2006 standings".
  4. ^ Seatsportuk Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Lawson remains the one to catch".
  6. ^ "Adam gets Motorbase BTCC drive". autosport.com. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  7. ^ Adam to race Aston in British GT, British GT Championship.
  8. ^ Howard & Adam the Rockingham victors, British GT Championship.
  9. ^ Beechdean take victory as Geddies claim championship honours, British GT Championship.
  10. ^ Jonny signs for Beechdean for 2012 season Archived 27 January 2013 at archive.today, Jonny Adam.com.
  11. ^ Beechdean Motorsport snatch their first race victory win with the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 in British GT Championship at the Nürburgring Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Beechdean Motorsport.
  12. ^ "British GT Winners Crowned".
  13. ^ "Donington, GT3 Race Report, Johnston & Adam Clinch 2016 Championship".
  14. ^ "Haigh & Adam Win 2018 Title At Donington".
  15. ^ "Jonny Adam and Graham Davidson win the 2019 British GT Championship". Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  16. ^ "2017 24 Hours of Le Mans Winners and Losers".
  17. ^ "2020 Le Mans 24 Hours: GTE Am Wrap-up".
  18. ^ "Jonathan Adam race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Jonathan Adam Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Blancpain Sprint Series – Season 2014: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  21. ^ "GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Season 2021: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Jonathan Adam". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Jonathan Adam". [Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Jonathan Adam - 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Jonathan Adam - 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paul Rivett
 Renault Clio Cup UK Winter Series
Champion
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Paul Rivett
 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Champion
2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 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
Preceded by
Marco Attard
 British GT Championship
Pro-Am Champion
2015-2016
With: Andrew Howard (2015) & Derek Johnston (2016) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Alessandro Bonacini
Michał Broniszewski
Andrea Rizzoli
 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Pro-Am Champion
2017
With: Ahmad Al Harthy 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British GT Championship
Champion
2018-2019
With: Flick Haigh (2018) & Graham Davidson (2019) 		Succeeded by
Rob Collard
Sandy Mitchell
Preceded by British GT Championship
Pro-Am Champion
2018
With: Flick Haigh 		Succeeded by
Jonny Cocker
Sam De Haan
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