Jonny Edgar returns to Silverstone

No, Jonny Edgar will not go F2 to replace Jüri Vips. If some might have believed in a promotion when he met his fans for this Friday via a tweet on Thursday evening, the Briton finally announced his return to competition in F3 after more than two months of absence.

Big news coming… Can't wait to share this! 🥳#Redbull #RedBullJuniorTeam #BRDCSuperstars pic.twitter.com/DqMA5p7Wtc

— Jonny Edgar (@JonnyEdgar_) June 23, 2022

Last April, Jonny Edgar, affected by Crohn's disease, was forced to put aside his racing career. After a period of rest and fitness, the Englishman received the green light from the doctors to return to the circuits.

« I'm delighted to announce that I will be resuming the F3 season with Trident next weekend at Silverstonehe wrote on Twitter. After the diagnosis of Crohn's disease and a period of convalescence, my condition improved enough for me to return to competition."

‼️ Delighted to announce that I will be resuming my @FIAFormula3 campaign with @trident_team next weekend at @SilverstoneUK.

Following my Crohns diagnosis and period of illness, I have now improved sufficiently to make my return to racing.#Redbull #RedBullJuniorTeam #F3 pic.twitter.com/vYTxDqxrgv

— Jonny Edgar (@JonnyEdgar_) June 24, 2022

As well as my family and friends, I have so many people I would like to thank for making this possible, particularly Dr Helmut Marko and everyone at Red Bull, Trident, Dr Phil Batty, Mr Mike Davison, Dr David Nylander/Dr Ally Speight & their team at RVI Newcastle, Sam Village…

— Jonny Edgar (@JonnyEdgar_) June 24, 2022

At Silverstone, Jonny Edgar will recover the No. 1 car he left to his replacement Oliver Rasmussen. In two rounds (Imola and Barcelona), the Dane was only able to score 4 small points thanks to his 7th place in the Sprint Race at Imola.

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