- Jonathan Adam
Jonathan Adam (b.
4 September ,1984 inKirkcaldy ,Fife ) is a Scottish racing driver. He currently competes in the 2008SEAT Cupra Championship , having won the previous year's title. He also won the 2005 Elf Renault Clio Cup.Career history
Early career
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. [http://smart-timing.co.uk/SMRC%20Points%202003_files/SMRC%20Points%2003-FFZ.pdf PDF] ]
Clio Cup
Adam moved into the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, and after a season long battle with
Ed Pead andPaul Rivett , it was the latter who took the title after Adam failed to finish in the penultimate race at Donington Park. [http://www.cliocup.com/cgi-bin/go2it.pl Cliocup] ] 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.
EAT 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.
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 . [http://www.seatsportuk.co.uk/SccNet/?Page=News&Year=2007&NewsID=401 Seatsportuk] ] , taking 9 wins and 17 podia 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 [http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/3602165.Lawson_remains_the_one_to_catch/] .References
External links
* [http://www.jonathanadamracing.co.uk/ Driver web site]
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