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| Jonathan Adam | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (age 41) |
| British GT Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Blackthorn |
| Racing licence | |
| Car number | 87 |
| Former teams | Optimum Motorsport,TF Sport, Garage 59,BeechdeanAMR,2 Seas Motorsport |
| Starts | 122 |
| Wins | 20 |
| Poles | 20 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 1st in2015,2016,2018,2019 |
| 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 Robert"Jonny" Adam (born 4 September 1984 inLochgelly,Fife) is a Britishracing driver and a factory driver forAston Martin Racing. He was the champion of theSEAT 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 theBritish Touring Car Championship in2009 and currently competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship,British GT Championship, winning the2015,2016,2018 and2019 championships. He also won the LMGTE Pro class at the2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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]
Adam moved into the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, and after a season long battle withEd Pead andPaul 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.

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 ofKnockhill,[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 leaderRobert Lawson.[5] He eventually won the championship for the second year in succession.

Adam joined theBritish Touring Car Championship in2009, driving aBMW 320si forMotorbase Performance.[6]At the first round of the season atBrands Hatch he was first past the chequered flag in the third race of the day, only to be penalised for hittingJason Plato when he passed the 2001 champion for the lead.


Unable to find funding to continue in the BTCC, Adam moved to theBritish GT Championship to drive anAston Martin DBRS9 forBeechdean Motorsport for 2011.[7] Adam and co-driver Andrew Howard took their maiden win that season atRockingham in wet conditions.[8] They took pole position at the final race of the season atSilverstone 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'sAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.[10] They took the first win for the new car in the third race of the season at theNürburgring.[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]

After a 6th-place finish at the2016 race, Adam won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No. 97Aston Martin Vantage GTE alongsideDarren Turner andDaniel Serra. He overtook the stricken No. 63 Corvette ofJordan Taylor,Antonio García, andJan 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 withTF Sport.[17]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races initalics 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
† 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.
| 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] |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics 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] | |||||||||||||||
| 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 MartinM177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | CAT 7 | LEC 7 | IMO 5† | SPA 5 | MUG 2 | ALG 8 | 11th | 44 |
| Source:[19] | ||||||||||||
† Adam was not awarded points as he did not complete the minimum drive time.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 337 | 24th | 6th | ||
| 2017 | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 340 | 17th | 1st | ||
| 2018 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro | 327 | 37th | 13th | ||
| 2019 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro | 325 | 44th | 12th | ||
| 2020 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 339 | 24th | 1st | ||
| Sources:[19][23] | |||||||
(key) (Races inbold 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 | CoyoteCorvette 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 TurboV8 | DAY 2 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 49th | 342 | [25] |
| Source:[19] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |