Jade Edwards

Jade Edwards
Edwards at Thruxton Circuit in 2022
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 (age 34)
Ascot, Berkshire
Related toJim Edwards Jr. (father)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2020
Car number99
Former teamsPower Maxed Racing
Team HARD.
Starts91 (93 entries)
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish26th in 2021 & 2022
Previous series
2017-19
2015
2006		Renault Clio Cup UK
British GT Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship

Jade Edwards (born 31 March 1990 in Ascot) is a British racing driver and Television presenter currently co presenting ITV4's live coverage of the British Touring Car Championship. Edwards is known for previously competing in the British Touring Car Championship, driving for One Motorsport.[1] Edwards has previously competed in the Renault Clio Cup UK, British GT Championship and the Ginetta Junior Championship, and made her BTCC debut in 2020.[2] She is the daughter of 2000 Renault Clio Cup UK champion Jim Edwards Jr. and granddaughter of Jim Edwards Sr. Jade is the first 3rd generation BTCC driver.[3]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Ginetta Junior Championship Jade Edwards 12 0 0 0 0 119 9th
2014 British GT Championship - GT4 Optimum Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 3 16th
Aston Martin GT4 Challenge Craft-Bamboo Racing 4 1 0 0 2 ? ?
2015 British GT Championship - GT4 Stratton Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 2.5 25th
24H Series - SP2 MARC Cars Australia 1 0 0 0 0 ? ?
2016 Celtic Speed Scottish Mini Cooper Cup ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2017 Renault UK Clio Cup Ciceley Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 75 16th
2018 Renault UK Clio Cup M.R.M. 18 0 0 0 0 54 14th
2019 Renault UK Clio Cup Team HARD 12 0 0 0 0 181 7th
MRM Racing 4 0 0 0 0
2020 British Touring Car Championship Power Maxed Car Care Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 35th
2021 British Touring Car Championship PHSC with BTC Racing 30 0 0 0 0 1 26th
2022 British Touring Car Championship Rich Energy BTC Racing 30 0 0 0 0 1 26th
2023 British Touring Car Championship Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. 13 0 0 0 0 −5 31st
One Motorsport with Starline Racing 15 0 0 0 0
Britcar Trophy Championship - Class T1 Assetto Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 36 28th‡

*Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2020 Power Maxed
Car Care Racing 		Vauxhall Astra DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SIL
1
23 		SIL
2
21 		SIL
3
Ret 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		35th 0
2021 PHSC with
BTC Racing 		Honda Civic Type R THR
1
20 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
Ret 		SNE
1
25 		SNE
2
23 		SNE
3
15 		BRH
1
22 		BRH
2
22 		BRH
3
27 		OUL
1
21 		OUL
2
20 		OUL
3
20 		KNO
1
26 		KNO
2
23 		KNO
3
19 		THR
1
21 		THR
2
24 		THR
3
Ret 		CRO
1
27 		CRO
2
21 		CRO
3
Ret 		SIL
1
22 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
24 		DON
1
25 		DON
2
21 		DON
3
26 		BRH
1
26 		BRH
2
16 		BRH
3
20 		26th 1
2022 Rich Energy
BTC Racing 		Honda Civic Type R DON
1
22 		DON
2
19 		DON
3
22 		BRH
1
18 		BRH
2
15 		BRH
3
17 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
21 		THR
3
Ret 		OUL
1
21 		OUL
2
19 		OUL
3
18 		CRO
1
22 		CRO
2
23 		CRO
3
NC 		KNO
1
22 		KNO
2
20 		KNO
3
24 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
22 		SNE
3
23 		THR
1
25 		THR
2
23 		THR
3
21 		SIL
1
17 		SIL
2
24 		SIL
3
23 		BRH
1
22 		BRH
2
25 		BRH
3
21 		26th 1
2023 Re.Beverages and Bartercard
with Team HARD. 		Cupra León DON
1
DNS 		DON
2
NC 		DON
3
Ret 		BRH
1
20 		BRH
2
22 		BRH
3
Ret 		SNE
1
25 		SNE
2
26 		SNE
3
DNS 		THR
1
23 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
Ret 		OUL
1
22 		OUL
2
Ret 		OUL
3
16 		31st -5
One Motorsport
with Starline Racing 		Honda Civic Type R CRO
1
24 		CRO
2
23 		CRO
3
16 		KNO
1
17 		KNO
2
Ret 		KNO
3
21 		DON
1
25 		DON
2
21 		DON
3
19 		SIL
1
16 		SIL
2
22 		SIL
3
20 		BRH
1
19 		BRH
2
17 		BRH
3
Ret

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ "Jade Edwards returns to One Motorsport for remainder of 2023 BTCC season". One Motorsport. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Jade Edwards secures Silverstone seat for BTCC debut". Touring Car Times. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Jade Edwards completes BTC Racing line-up". TouringCarTimes. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.