Sean Edwards

Edwards at the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup on the Hockenheimring in 2010. Sean Lawrence Guy Edwards (6 December 1986 − 15 October 2013) was an English professional racing driver, whose career highlight was winning as co-driver the 2013 Nurburgring 24 Hours.

Career Edwards started racing at the age of eleven taking part in karting competitions. In 2006, he won the FIA European GT3 championship driving a Tech9 Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup Car. In May 2013, he won the Nurburgring 24 Hours, his first major victory in endurance racing, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 alongside Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Nicki Thiim.

One of the first professional racing drivers to embrace Sim racing as a means of development and training, in 2012, Edwards assisted with the racing scenes in Ron Howard's film Rush, about the battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the 1976 Formula One season. The younger Edwards also portrayed his father in several scenes of the film, the latter being among the drivers who pulled Lauda from the burning wreckage of his formula one racing car during the 1976 German Grand Prix.

Death On 15 October 2013, Edwards was killed in a crash during a private session at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Queensland, Australia as a passenger whilst instructing Will Holzheimer of Dellow Racing in a Porsche 996 Supercup car. Holzheimer was treated at Royal Brisbane Hospital for injuries and burns.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2008 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA 5th 96 2010 Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA 6th 95 2011 Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit Porsche 997 GT3 TUR ESP MON NNS GBR NÜR HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE 4th 140 2012 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR MON VAL GBR GER HUN HUN BEL ITA 5th 107 2013 Team Allyouneed by Project 1 Porsche 991 ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE 2nd 118

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Tech9 Motorsport Sascha Maassen Leo Machitski Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 501 11th 3rd

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2012 Prospeed Competition Abdulaziz al Faisal Bret Curtis Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEAm 180 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Dubai results

Complete Nürburgring 24 Hours results