FIA WEC Champion: LMGT3 World Champion Jonny Edgar to become a Corvette works driver

Following two successful years in the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the FIA WEC, Corvette Racing has added Jonny Edgar to its squad of works drivers for the 2027 season.

The 22-year-old Briton is the newly crowned FIA WEC LMGT3 champion, having finished third in his class at last weekend’s season finale at Monza. He drove the No. 33 Corvette for TF Sport in 2025 and 2026 and was instrumental in two victories – at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans and on his WEC debut in Qatar last year.

Edgar joined TF Sport as a driver classified as ‘Silver’ by the FIA, but his skills and talent earned him ‘Gold’ status ahead of the 2027 season, although his programme is yet to be confirmed by Corvette Racing and General Motors. His promotion to works driver mirrors that of Nico Varrone, who was inducted into the Corvette Racing works squad following his victory in the 2023 WEC GTE Am Championship – coincidentally alongside Edgar’s 2026 team-mates, Nicky Catsburg and Ben Keating.

Success has accompanied Edgar at every stage of his racing career. A fourth-generation driver, he is a former CIK-FIA European Karting Champion and competed in both Formula 3 and Formula 4 before moving into sports car racing in 2024. This year, he raced for TF Sport in the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class and won the class championship with one race win, two second-place finishes and one third-place finish across six races.

Edgar has also won races in the LMP2 and GTD classes of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Alongside Edgar, the Corvette Racing works driver line-up features some familiar names and faces. Antonio Garcia, Alexander Sims, Tommy Milner and Nicky Catsburg have been confirmed as full-season drivers for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports in the IMSA GTD PRO category. The programmes for Edgar, Varrone and Charlie Eastwood – the two most recent additions to the works line-up prior to Edgar – will be confirmed at a later date.

“When I was given the opportunity to race alongside Ben (Keating) in 2025, it was the ideal outcome. It’s a great honour to be able to make this step up from Silver driver to works driver at Corvette Racing. I’m truly grateful for this opportunity. I’ve loved driving a Corvette over the last two years. It’s been a pretty successful period, during which I won Corvette’s first race in the LMGT3 and the WEC in Qatar last year – that was my very first race in the Corvette. Then, of course, the victory at Le Mans was the big highlight and something very special,” said Jonny Edgar. “It was brilliant to share the car last year with people like Dani (Juncadella) and this year with Nicky – and to have Charlie in the sister Corvette as well. You see how they drive, but as important as things on the track are, everything off the track is just as important: talking to the engineers, giving feedback on the set-up and the overall package. I feel that I can always learn something from all these team-mates. I always try to pick up a few things here and there from what they do well, and improve myself as a result. I feel that I’ve taken a big step forward from last year to now. A large part of that is, of course, what I’ve learnt from my team-mates. That’s been brilliant, and already this year I’ve been given more responsibility for set-up decisions, as this is my second year and I know the car better. I feel that I’m already a bit more involved in this area. Seeing how Dani, Nicky and Charlie have done it has been a huge help. So I feel ready for this new role and am looking forward to it.”

“We’re delighted to welcome Jonny to the Corvette Racing works driver line-up. He has earned this opportunity through his performances and professionalism over the last two years at TF Sport. His closing stints at Le Mans demonstrated what he is capable of and will long be remembered by the team and the fans. Jonny brings fresh perspectives and a wide range of skills to our team, and we’re excited to see how he develops as part of the works team,” said Andrea Hildago, Programme Manager at Corvette Racing.