Jonathan Summerton
| Jonathan Summerton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
April 21, 1988 Kissimmee, Florida |
| American LeMans Series | |
| Years active | 2012–2013 |
| Teams |
Rahal Letterman Racing BMW |
| Starts | 4 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009–2010 2008–2009 2006–2008 2006–2007 2004–2005 2004–2005 |
Indy Lights Atlantic Championship A1 Grand Prix Formula Three Euro Series Formula BMW USA Formula BMW ADAC |
Jonathan Summerton (born April 21, 1988 in Kissimmee, Florida) is an American race car driver.
He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars. In 2004 he began racing in Formula BMW USA and won the Formula BMW USA Scholarship to race in the USA where in his first year with several wins and fastest laps he came second in the championship. The following year he entered the BMW international series where he finished second at Spa-Francorchamps and finished tenth in the championship. In 2006 he competed in Formula Three Euro Series where he finished 3rd at Spa 2nd at LeMans and won the final Hockenheim race and finished ninth in the championship.
In 2007 he made starts in the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA and took second in the feature race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. For the rest of 2007 he drove a partial season in F3 EuroSeries after being the test driver in the debut of the new Volkswagen engine for RC Motorsport and tested a Champ Car Atlantic Series car for Derrick Walker. He returned to A1 Team USA for the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. Summerton captured A1 Team USA's first A1GP victory in the feature race at Shanghai. The American team would eventually finish 12th in the championship, with Summerton finishing 2nd in the final sprint race of the campaign, at Brands Hatch.
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