Biography adam aston martin
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Adam Hay-Nicholls was born in Winchester, England, in 1981. He was educated at Stowe, to which he won an art scholarship, and Bryanston School where his passion for motor racing was encouraged. He gained a 2:1 honours degree in Public Relations & Media Studies from Exeter University in 2003, by which time he’d already launched his writing career.
Adam’s style has been described as “punchy, lean, witty and elegant” by Patrice Meignan, publisher of Intersection and TheArsenale. “He’s one of the world’s top car, design and lifestyle writers. inom really love his vända of phrase.” Graydon Carter, the legendary editor-in-chief of Air Mail and Vanity Fair, has called Adam’s work “delightful” and “superb.”
His journalistic heroes are Hunter S Thompson and AA Gill. After a stint working in the USA, Adam moved to Paris and became staff writer on The Red Bulletin F1 magazine. Here he developed friendships with drivers
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Adam’s pride in adding name to Aston Martin history books as two-time Le Mans winner
Aston Martin racer Jonny Adam has reflected on repeating the dream in a history-making performance to become a two-time winner of the world’s greatest endurance event.
The 36-year-old reacquainted himself with the top step of the Le Mans 24 Hours podium as he, Northern Irishman Charlie Eastwood and Turkish star Salih Yoluc took a sensational GTE Am category victory in the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage on what the Kirkcaldy-born driver described as a “very special” weekend.
Not since outright victory in the 1959 edition of endurance racing’s blue riband has the iconic marque savoured such success as it swept to victory in both GTE Pro and GTE Am classes, capturing the World Endurance Championship GTE manufacturers’ crown with a round of the rejigged title race remaining.
In sharp contrast from his 2017 GTE Pro class triumph when Adam delivered a scintillating last lap overtake to snatch
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Jonathan Adam
British racing driver (born 1984)
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Adam at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh. | |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 40) Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Blackthorn |
| Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 87 |
| Former teams | Optimum Motorsport, TF Sport, Garage 59, BeechdeanAMR, 2 Seas Motorsport |
| Starts | 113 |
| Wins | 19 |
| Poles | 19 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| Years | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Teams | Aston Martin Racing |
| Best finish | 17th (2017) |
| Class wins | 1 (2017) |
| 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 Fo |