Jonny Edgar becomes the youngest FIA WEC LMGT3 World Champion in Monza
BRDC SuperStars driver Jonny Edgar secured his first FIA World Championship title at the 6 Hours of Monza, claiming third place and becoming the youngest driver ever to win the LMGT3 title in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Cumbria’s finest arrived at the eighth and final round of the season needing a top-six finish to secure the title, while also looking to bounce back from a difficult previous round in Barcelona. Like Barcelona, Monza was a substitute round for another race in the Middle East and was also run as a six-hour race to bring the curtain down on the 14th FIA WEC season.
Jonny and his team hit the ground running during Friday’s and Saturday morning’s practice sessions despite the tricky wet conditions, and had high expectations heading into the final qualifying session of the season.
For the second consecutive round, Jonny progressed to Hyperpole, the top-10 shootout for pole position, following his Bronze-rated teammate Ben Keating’s impressive performance in the first segment of qualifying during the weekend’s first dry session. Jonny then put together a very competitive lap to secure second place, just 0.14 seconds shy of the pole time set by the Akkodis Lexus.
For the final time as a full-time FIA WEC driver, Keating took the start and initially remained in contention with the top three, battling hard but fairly against his LMGT3 rivals.
Unfortunately, before the end of his stint, Keating received a drive-through penalty, dropping the team down the order. However, the American pushed on and was fighting on the fringes of the top 10 by the time Jonny was set to jump aboard the #33 Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
The 22-year-old, as he has done on many occasions this season, was tasked with the middle phase of the race and showed exactly why he is a deserving world champion, fighting hard and making clean overtakes to climb to seventh place. As they had done so often throughout 2026, TF Sport made a clever strategy call that catapulted Jonny back up to second place.
When racing resumed, the Brit came under pressure from the #88 Ford Mustang of Proton Competition but, while racing hard, kept the bigger picture in mind and allowed the Ford through to settle into third place, a position that was more than enough to secure the title.
The remainder of Jonny’s final stint of the season ran smoothly before he handed the car over to Nicky Catsburg, who brought it home in third position as the sun set over the Monza circuit.
At the chequered flag, not only was third place enough for Jonny to claim the drivers’ title, but it also secured the teams’ championship for TF Sport.
Jonny: “It’s amazing. I am so happy to have my first world title and also for the team. It’s an amazing way to end the year, with both championships and obviously our win at Le Mans earlier in the year. It will take a while to sink in, but all I can say right now is a massive thank you to my family for their support, and also a huge thank you to Tom Ferrier and everyone in his team for all their hard work this year, as well as my team-mates Nicky Catsburg and Ben Keating. I really hope we can all share a car again in the future.”
Jonny’s 2026 FIA WEC season saw him stand on the podium three times, including victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as he amassed 107 points on his way to the drivers’ title.
There is no downtime for Jonny, however, as this weekend he heads back to the Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France for the opening round of the Asian Le Mans Series, which has relocated to Europe due to tensions in the Middle East.
Jonny will race with the Car Blanche team in its Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO alongside Arnold Robin and Valentin Hasse-Clot.The 4 Hours of Le Castellet will be live-streamed on the Asian Le Mans Series YouTube channel.
