Jessica Edgar

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jessica Edgar

| image =F1 Academy 2023 Spielberg Nr. 11 Edgar (side 2).jpg

| caption = Edgar in 2023

| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|03|15|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| related to = Jonny Edgar (cousin)

| current series =

| first year =

| current team =

| car number = 17

| former teams =Rodin Carlin, Rodin Motorsport

| starts = 35 (35 entries)

| wins = 1

| podiums = 4

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 1

| best finish = 8th

| year = 2023

| prev series = F1 Academy
GB4 Championship

| prev series years = 2023–2024
2022

| titles =

| title years =

|last series=F1 Academy}}

Jessica Edgar (born 15 March 2005) is a British racing driver.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-08 |title=Bio - Jessica Edgar |url=https://www.jessicaedgar.com/bio/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.jessicaedgar.com |language=en-GB}}

Career

=Karting=

Edgar started her racing career in karting in 2010. In 2013, she moved up to the Cadet category. In 2017, she became champion of the Cumbria Kart Racing Club in Rowrah.{{cite web|url=https://fast-and-fearless.com/2020/08/04/jessica-edgar-this-sport-runs-through-my-veins/|first=Georgia|last=Allen|title=Jessica Edgar "This sport runs through my veins"|website=fast-and-fearless.com|date=4 August 2020}} In 2018, she won several kart races in the Mini X30 category. In 2019, she came second in this category in the Motorsport UK Kartmasters Grand Prix and fourth in the British Kart Championship. Also that year, Edgar took part in the FIA Motorsport Games in the Karting Slalom Cup.{{cite news |title=Karting Slalom Cup attracts strong initial entry for FIA Motorsport Games |url=http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,197511,Karting-Slalom-Cup-attracts-strong-initial-entry-for-FIA-Motorsport-Games,news.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920063846/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,197511,Karting-Slalom-Cup-attracts-strong-initial-entry-for-FIA-Motorsport-Games,news.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 September 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019 |work=automobilsport.com |date=17 September 2019}}{{cite news |title=Karting Slalom Cup attracts 28 entries for inaugural FIA Motorsport Games |url=https://www.fiamotorsportgames.com/news/56/karting-slalom-cup-attracts-28-entries-for-inaugural-fia-motorsport-games |accessdate=16 October 2019 |date=16 October 2019 |work=fiamotorsportgames.com |publisher=SRO Motorsports Group}} She missed the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned to karting in 2021 and finished thirteenth in the X30 Junior category of the British championship that year. She also competed in the 2021 FIA Girls on Track - Rising Stars shooutout.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-06 |title=Rising Stars Profile Vol.1 – Jessica Edgar & Maya Weug |url=https://paddocksorority.com/2020/08/06/rising-stars-1-en/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Paddock Sorority |language=en}}

=GB4 Championship=

In 2022, Edgar made the switch to formula racing, where she competed for the team Fortec Motorsport in the new GB4 Championship. She achieved a podium finish at Oulton Park and managed to finish in the top 10 in most other races. With 269 points, she finished seventh in the final standings.

= F1 Academy =

File:2024-08-25 Motorsport, Großer Preis der Niederlande 2024, F1 Academy STP 3556 by Stepro.jpg race at Zandvoort in 2024.]]

In 2023, Edgar switched to F1 Academy, a new class for women organized by Formula One, where she drove for Rodin Carlin.{{Cite web|date=2023-02-09|title=Edgar joins Rodin Carlin for F1 Academy|url=https://www.carlin.co.uk/news/edgar-joins-rodin-carlin-for-f1-academy|website=Rodin Carlin}} She earned 4 podiums and 1 win, to finish 8th in the standings.{{Cite web |last=McNamara |first=Rebecca |date=2023-11-24 |title=Edgar ends F1 Academy season on exhilarating high |url=https://www.motorsportuk.org/edgar-ends-f1-academy-season-on-exhilarating-high/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Motorsport UK |language=en-GB}} For 2024 she was retained by the team, now renamed as Rodin Motorsport, with support from American Express.{{Cite web |date=21 February 2024 |title=Jessica Edgar returns for second F1 ACADEMY campaign |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.jessica-edgar-returns-to-f1-academy-to-complete-rodin-motorsports-2024.5OuidSpZksdBWCOitVYMdA.html |access-date=7 March 2024 |website=Formula 1 |language=}}{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2024 |title=American Express announced as official partner of F1 ACADEMY {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/american-express-announced-as-official-partner-of-f1-academy.lFKpcgL3Ve0K1E9HnTPEU |access-date=May 2, 2024 |website=Formula 1 |language=}}

Personal life

Edgar is the cousin of racing driver Jonny Edgar.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.rodin-carlin-sign-british-racer-jessica-edgar-for-f1-academy.39B3m27J4ju85T8VLsZv0f.html|title=Rodin Carlin sign British racer Jessica Edgar for F1 Academy|publisher=Formula One|date=9 February 2023}} They are part of the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/juniorteam/drivers/athlete-profile-jonny-edgar|title=Athlete Profile Jonny Edgar|website=Red Bull |date=December 29, 2020|access-date=December 29, 2020}} She lives in Ennerdale, Cumbria, and attended Keswick School.{{cite news |last1=Waite |first1=Liam |title=Academy boost for racer Jess |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18279548.young-racer-jessica-edgar-accepted-motorsport-uk-academy/ |access-date=1 March 2023 |work=News and Star |date=4 March 2020 |language=en}}

Karting record

=Karting career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center" !Season !Series !Team !Position
rowspan="3"\| 2019 \| align="left" \| British Kart Championship - X30 Mini \| rowspan="2" align="left" \| Fusion Motorsport \| 4th
align="left" \| Motorsport UK Kartmasters Grand Prix - X30 Mini \| style="background:#DFDFDF"\|2nd
align="left" \| IAME International Final - X30 Junior \| align="left" \| \|
2020 \| align="left" \| Kartmasters British GP - X30 Junior \| align="left" \| Fusion Motorsport \| 22nd
rowspan="2"\| 2021 \| align="left" \| LGM Series - Junior X30 \| rowspan="2" align="left" \| Fusion Motorsport \| 4th
align="left" \| British Kart Championship - X30 Junior \| 13th

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Position

rowspan="3"| 2019

| align="left" | British Kart Championship - X30 Mini

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Fusion Motorsport

| 4th

align="left" | Motorsport UK Kartmasters Grand Prix - X30 Mini

| style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

align="left" | IAME International Final - X30 Junior

| align="left" |

2020

| align="left" | Kartmasters British GP - X30 Junior

| align="left" | Fusion Motorsport

| 22nd

rowspan="2"| 2021

| align="left" | LGM Series - Junior X30

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Fusion Motorsport

| 4th

align="left" | British Kart Championship - X30 Junior

| 13th

Racing record

=Racing career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| Series !scope="col"\| Team !scope="col"\| Races !scope="col"\| Wins !scope="col"\| Poles !scope="col"\| F/Laps !scope="col"\| Podiums !scope="col"\| Points !scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| 2022 \|style="text-align:left;"\| GB4 Championship \|style="text-align:left;"\| Fortec Motorsport \| 24 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 1 \| 269 \| 7th
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| 2023 \|style="text-align:left;"\| F1 Academy \|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"\| Rodin Carlin \| 21 \| 1 \| 1 \| 1 \| 4 \| 114 \| 8th
style="text-align:left;"\| Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round \| 2 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| N/A \| NC
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| 2024 \|style="text-align:left;"\| F1 Academy \|style="text-align:left;"\| Rodin Motorsport \| 14 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 28 \| 13th
style="text-align:left;"\| F4 British Championship \|style="text-align:left;"\| Chris Dittmann Racing \| 3 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 8 \| 28th

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

!scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Series

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| Races

!scope="col"| Wins

!scope="col"| Poles

!scope="col"| F/Laps

!scope="col"| Podiums

!scope="col"| Points

!scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| 2022

|style="text-align:left;"| GB4 Championship

|style="text-align:left;"| Fortec Motorsport

| 24

| 0

| 1

| 269

| 7th

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2023

|style="text-align:left;"| F1 Academy

|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Rodin Carlin

| 21

| 1

| 4

| 114

| 8th

style="text-align:left;"| Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round

| 2

| 0

| N/A

| NC

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2024

|style="text-align:left;"| F1 Academy

|style="text-align:left;"| Rodin Motorsport

| 14

| 0

| 28

| 13th

style="text-align:left;"| F4 British Championship

|style="text-align:left;"| Chris Dittmann Racing

| 3

| 0

| 8

| 28th

= Complete GB4 Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! DC ! Points
2022 ! nowrap\| Fortec Motorsport \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE1 1 {{small\|9}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE1 2 {{small\|9}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE1 3 {{small\|10}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| OUL 1 {{small\|10}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| OUL 2 {{small\|12}} \| bgcolor="#dfdfdf" \| OUL 3 {{small\|2}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL1 1 {{small\|11}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL1 2 {{small\|10}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL1 3 {{small\|10}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON1 1 {{small\|11}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON1 2 {{small\|12}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON1 3 {{small\|10}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE2 1 {{small\|9}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE2 2 {{small\|8}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SNE2 3 {{small\|9}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL2 1 {{small\|4}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL2 2 {{small\|8}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| SIL2 3 {{small\|9}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| BRH 1 {{small\|5}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| BRH 2 {{small\|5}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| BRH 3 {{small\|7}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON2 1 {{small\|13}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON2 2 {{small\|8}} \| bgcolor="#dfffdf" \| DON2 3 {{small\|7}} ! 7th ! 269

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! DC

! Points

2022

! nowrap| Fortec Motorsport

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE1
1
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE1
2
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE1
3
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | OUL
1
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | OUL
2
{{small|12}}

| bgcolor="#dfdfdf" | OUL
3
{{small|2}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL1
1
{{small|11}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL1
2
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL1
3
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON1
1
{{small|11}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON1
2
{{small|12}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON1
3
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE2
1
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE2
2
{{small|8}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SNE2
3
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL2
1
{{small|4}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL2
2
{{small|8}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SIL2
3
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | BRH
1
{{small|5}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | BRH
2
{{small|5}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | BRH
3
{{small|7}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON2
1
{{small|13}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON2
2
{{small|8}}

| bgcolor="#dfffdf" | DON2
3
{{small|7}}

! 7th

! 269

= Complete F1 Academy results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| 1

!scope="col"| 2

!scope="col"| 3

!scope="col"| 4

!scope="col"| 5

!scope="col"| 6

!scope="col"| 7

!scope="col"| 8

!scope="col"| 9

!scope="col"| 10

!scope="col"| 11

!scope="col"| 12

!scope="col"| 13

!scope="col"| 14

!scope="col"| 15

!scope="col"| 16

!scope="col"| 17

!scope="col"| 18

!scope="col"| 19

!scope="col"| 20

!scope="col"| 21

!scope="col"| DC

!scope="col"| Points

scope="row"| 2023

! nowrap| Rodin Carlin

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RBR
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRT
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRT
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRT
3
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
3
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN
3
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LEC
1
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
3
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| USA
3
{{small|1}}

! 8th

! 114

scope="row"| 2024

! nowrap| Rodin Motorsport

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JED
1
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JED
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIA
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIA
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN
2
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIN
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIN
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LSL
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| LSL
2
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ABU
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ABU
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ABU
3
{{small|12}}

|colspan=6|

! 13th

! 28

= Complete F4 British Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year ! Team ! 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 ! 31 ! 32 ! DC ! Points
2024 !nowrap\| Chris Dittmann Racing \| DPN 1 \| DPN 2 \| DPN 3 \| BHI 1 \| BHI 2 \| BHI 3 \| SNE 1 \| SNE 2 \| SNE 3 \| THR 1 \| THR 2 \| THR 3 \| SILGP 1 \| SILGP 2 \| SILGP 3 \| style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| ZAN 1 {{small\|15}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| ZAN 2 {{small\|14}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| ZAN 3 {{small\|15}} \| KNO 1 \| KNO 2 \| KNO 3 \| DPGP 1 \| DPGP 2 \| DPGP 3 \| DPGP 4 \| SILN 1 \| SILN 2 \| SILN 3 \| BHGP 1 \| BHGP 2 \| BHGP 3 \| BHGP 4 ! 28th ! 8

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9