Jessica Edgar (born 15 March 2005) is a British racing driver who is currently competing in

F1 Academy F1 Academy is a female-only single-seater racing championship founded by Formula One. The championship is a spec series, with all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T-421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is ...

for

Rodin Motorsport Rodin Motorsport (formerly known as Carlin Motorsport, Carlin and Rodin Carlin) is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in six championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, BRDC Britis ...

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. 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. 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.

GB4 Championship

In 2022, Edgar made the switch to formula racing, where she competed for the team Fortec Motorsport in the new

GB4 Championship The GB4 Championship is a single seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The championship is operated by MotorSport Vision with support from the BRDC, and is aimed at young drivers graduating from karting or club level motorsport ...

. 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

In 2023, Edgar switched to

, a new class for women organized by Formula One, in which she will drive for Rodin Carlin. She was retained by the team, now renamed as Rodin Motorsport, and will be supported by F1 Academy for

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Personal life

Edgar is the cousin of racing driver

Jonny Edgar Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is an English racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and is the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion. Career Karting ...

. They are part of the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing. She lives in Ennerdale, Cumbria, and attended

Keswick School Keswick School is a coeducational 11–18 academy in Cumbria, UK with 1360 pupils on roll. There are 309 students in the sixth form and 40 boarders. The school is the successor of the former free grammar school of Keswick, founded a ...

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GB4 Championship results

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

Complete F1 Academy results

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar, Jessica 2005 births Living people English racing drivers People from the Borough of Copeland Carlin racing drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers F1 Academy drivers GB4 Championship drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers Rodin Motorsport drivers