Jonny Adam

Career history

Adam started in karting, winning the 1999 Scottish Kart TKM challenge and finishing fifth overall in the British Kart Championship (100 National) in 2002, plus winning the "Summerlee" championship at Larkhall. In 2003 he placed third overall in the Scottish Formula Ford Zetec Championship and was second in the Newcomer's Cup, five points behind Ryan Cannon. He moved to the Renault Clio Cup in 2004; after a season-long battle with Ed Pead and Paul Rivett, Rivett took the title when Adam failed to finish the penultimate race at Donington Park, leaving Adam third in the championship.

SEAT Cupra Championship

He then won the Clio Cup Winter series with four podiums including a win. In 2005 Adam resumed his fight with Pead in the Clios, clinching the championship at the final meeting at Donington Park with a race to spare. He switched to the SEAT Cupra Championship in 2006, finishing third behind Mat Jackson and Alan Blencowe. The following year Adam drove in the top Leon Cupra R class and sealed the title with three races to go at his home circuit of Knockhill, taking nine wins and 17 podiums from 20 races.

He remained in the SEAT Cupra Championship for 2008; at Knockhill he took a double hat-trick of two poles, two victories, and two fastest laps, though he trailed championship leader Robert Lawson by 14 points. He eventually won the championship for the second year in succession. Adam joined the British Touring Car Championship in 2009 driving a BMW 320si for Motorbase Performance. At the first round at Brands Hatch he was first past the chequered flag in the third race but was penalised for hitting Jason Plato when passing 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 for 2011, driving an Aston Martin DBRS9 for Beechdean Motorsport. He and co-driver Andrew Howard took their maiden win that season at Rockingham in wet conditions. They took pole at the final race at Silverstone and won, finishing third in the GT3 standings. For 2012 Adam again teamed with Howard in Beechdean's Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, taking the first win for the new car in the third race of the season at the Nürburgring.

24 Hours of Le Mans

From 2015 onward, Adam finished in the top-three in the GT3 Championship standings in the British GT Championship, winning the title in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. At Le Mans, after a sixth-place finish in 2016, 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, overtaking the stricken No. 63 Corvette in the final two laps. He became a two-time class winner at Le Mans in 2020, this time in the GTE Am class with TF Sport.