Jonny Edgar was riding the crest of the wave after winning the 2020 German F4 title and was part of the Red Bull junior line-up. But a tricky spell in FIA F3, compounded by illness last year, means he's now pondering a sportscar switch. Here the BRDC SuperStar reflects on a rollercoaster couple of seasons
Last season in the FIA Formula 3 Championship I had to deal with a loss of energy, feeling unwell, and I was losing lots of weight too. I managed OK in pre-season testing but, during the opening race weekend in Bahrain, I struggled. I had no strength to drive, and it was really hard. I was later diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, so withdrew from racing while I recovered and regained my fitness.
The first few rounds of this year were really difficult but, since the fourth weekend at Barcelona, we changed some things and it’s been going a lot better. Some weekends haven’t gone exactly to plan, but I’m consistently in the top 10 in qualifying and where I’d expect to be, whereas at the start of the year I was struggling a lot and wasn’t fast, so I’m happy that things have improved.
Unfortunately, in the actual test I didn’t get many laps because of a few different reasons, but I enjoyed the car over the few laps I did manage. It’s very different from what I’m used to; also it was one of my first times on a street track, so that was different as well, driving with walls so close. Having no gears and the instant torque you have is very different and I definitely enjoyed it.
"Away from my own racing, I’ve done a little bit of driver coaching with Fortec in British F4, just a couple of races when I am free. Every time I coach, they win, so I could have a good career ahead after I hang up my helmet!" I’m excited for the final races of the season this weekend at Monza. It was quite good last year, so I think it’ll be interesting, because it’s always crazy in qualifying there with the slipstream, and everyone waiting.
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