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Jonny Edgar joins Corvette Racing as a factory driver
Corvette Racing has signed WEC LMGT3 champion Jonny Edgar as a factory driver for 2027 after his Le Mans class win and title-clinching podium at Monza.
Corvette Racing has signed 2026 FIA WEC LMGT3 champion Jonny Edgar as a factory driver for 2027. The 22-year-old Briton joins the works roster four days after clinching his first WEC title with TF Sport at Monza. Corvette has yet to announce where he will race next season.
Five closing stints at Le Mans
Corvette Racing programme manager Andrea Hidalgo singled out Edgar’s closing drive at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when announcing the promotion. A Sunday morning Safety Car had wiped out most of the #33 Corvette’s lead. Edgar then spent nearly four hours in the car across five consecutive stints, holding off the chasing Aston Martin and Lexus to take his first Le Mans class win.
That victory put him at the top of the LMGT3 standings. At the Friday press conference at Monza, Edgar said his priority after Le Mans had been to keep scoring as the competitive order changed from round to round.
The #33 Corvette dropped out of the points after Ben Keating picked up a Virtual Safety Car penalty in the finale. As the Monza race report details, Edgar, Keating and Nicky Catsburg recovered to third in class behind the winning Manthey Porsche and the Heart of Racing Aston Martin. That was enough for TF Sport to take the teams’ title. Edgar won the drivers’ crown outright because both team-mates had missed races earlier in the season.
From LMP2 champion to Corvette works driver
Edgar won the European Le Mans Series LMP2 title with AO by TF in 2024 before switching to TF Sport’s WEC Corvette programme. He won on his WEC debut in Qatar in 2025 alongside Keating and Daniel Juncadella, giving Corvette its first LMGT3 victory in the series.
Edgar said he had taken on more responsibility for set-up decisions in his second season with the Corvette. He credited Juncadella, Catsburg and fellow Corvette driver Charlie Eastwood with helping him develop how he gives feedback and works with engineers. He will move from Silver to Gold in the FIA driver categorisation for 2027, alongside his appointment to the factory roster.