IT'S a world of explosive speed, adrenaline and physicality - and it's a world in which up-and-coming motor racing talent Jonny Edgar from Cumbria has serious ambition.
The Trident driver made a big impact in the season on his return to Formula 3 - after initially pulling out due to his Crohn's disease diagnosis.
The opening race of the Formula 3 season took place in Bahrain, where Jonny finished 13th and 11th in the races. However, he knew something was not quite right as he felt ill during the start of the year, and Bahrain confirmed that.
The physical demands that racing puts on the bodies of drivers meant that Jonny instantly knew he couldn't carry on as it was affecting his driving ability, and his health had to come first.
"It wasn't too bad as I knew in that moment there was no point me carrying on racing", Jonny said.
However, after only missing races in Imola and Barcelona. He returned to the series at Silverstone, his home race, after making strides with his recovery.
Jonny said: "It was nice returning to my home race, it was my first time racing at Silverstone in quite a few years.
"It was quite early to come back but it was nice to be racing again."
Jonny prevailed and completed the season.
He scored his first points of the season upon his return at Silverstone. He qualified 14th and made his way to finish eighth in the Feature Race, taking four points.
The following round in Austria, he qualified seventh and scored points again in the Sprint Race. But Jonny's best round of the season came at Spa. Edgar finished fourth and fifth, taking home a total of 18 points.
Jonny also said Spa was his favourite track to race at this season, he said: "It was probably my best weekend and it was a fun track to race at, I really enjoyed the track."
The Trident driver came close to a podium in the Sprint Race, but a penalty for spinning Franco Colapinto on the opening lap dropped him to fifth.
Jonny described the rest of his season: "It was obviously quite hard physically coming back, but it started getting easier and easier, and I started getting better results."
Now the season has ended, many would expect that Jonny would take some much deserved time off but he is still as active in racing as ever.
He said: "I have been doing training and driving coaching with some teams in the lower divisions."
Focussing on next year, Jonny said: "I am hoping to be in F3 again and then starting looking at the championship. Obviously, it is a lot closer in F3 but it would be nice to be consistently competitive and then be in the chance of winning the championship.
"It would be really nice to win but you need a few things to go right as well."
Focussing even further ahead, Jonny shared his hopes for his career: "It depends how next year goes but if it goes well, then hopefully it is F2 the year after. But next year I need to look at the options and decide.
"There is obviously F2 and then try to get to F1, but there are more options for professional driving."
Jonny is often described as the new up-and-coming talent, I asked Jonny how he felt about that: "It doesn't really scare me. It is nice in some ways and it would be nice to reach things like F1 but it obviously is difficult as there is only 20 seats and not many people leave often so there is an aspect of luck, you need things to fall in the right place at the right time."
Finally, I asked Jonny who his racing icon was, he said: "For me now, I would say it would probably be Max Verstappen.
"He is obviously really quick and I like to watch him race."
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