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. He died as a passenger in a private testing incident in October 2013, at Queensland Raceway in Australia.

Early and personal life Edwards was born in London on 6 December 1986, the son of racing driver Guy Edwards. He was educated at Wellington College and Cherwell College in Oxford. He lived and was based in Monaco.

Career Edwards started racing at the age of eleven taking part in karting competitions.

After gaining fourth place in the 2003 British Formula Ford Championship, Edwards gained fifth in the 2004 Formula Renault UK, and fifth in the 2005 British GT Championship.

Moving to Monaco, Edwards then undertook drives in various years of the FIA GT3 European Championship, the Porsche Supercup (latterly with Team Allyouneed) and the American Le Mans Series (with MOMO NGT Motorsport). 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 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2003 BRDC Single Seater Championship 12 100 4? 4th Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Team JVA50000323rd 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship Team JVA 18000060 24th 2005 British GT Championship - GT3 31112? 5th 2006 FIA GT3 European Championship Tech9 Motorsport 10 310 7 54 1st 2007 FIA GT Championship - GT2 Tech9 Motorsport 10 000 1 24.5 15th 2008 Porsche Supercup Konrad Motorsport 11 201 4 96 5th FIA GT Championship - Citation Cup ARC Bratislava 2 0 1 0 0 ?? International GT Open - GTS Konrad Motorsport20000430th 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship Mühlner Motorsport/Trackspeed Racing 4 0 0?0 1 56th Le Mans Series - GT1 ARC Bratislava 1 0 000 0 NC Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Hermes Attempto Racing200000NC†2010 Porsche Supercup Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit 10 1 12 3 95 6th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 7 0 01 1 68 8th ADAC GT Masters Attempto Racing200000NC2011 Porsche Supercup Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit 11 1 11 4 140 4th Porsche Carrera World Cup10000N/A4th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 9 2 10 6 130 2nd American Le Mans Series - GTC NGT Motorsport 2 0 1 1 2 41 13th ADAC GT Masters Mühlner Motorsport200000NC2012 Porsche Supercup Konrad Motorsport 10 1 10 5 107 5th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 17 5 86 11 233 2nd American Le Mans Series - GTC MOMO NGT Motorsport 1 0 1 1 0 6 31st Rolex Sports Car Series - GT NGT Motorsport100001668th ADAC GT Masters Schütz Motorsport401012724th Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Black Falcon310024012th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A? City Challenge Baku Mühlner Motorsport10010N/A5th 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am Prospeed Competition10000N/ADNF 2013 Porsche Supercup Team Allyouneed by Project 1 7 3 3 3 4 118 2nd Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by Project 11510261626th ADAC GT Masters Farnbacher Racing200000NC American Le Mans Series - GTC NGT Motorsport71005935th Rolex Sports Car Series - GT MOMO/NGT Motorsport100001662nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Black Falcon11001N/A1st

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 Year Class No Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. ClassPos. 2010 A6 4 Porsche 997 GT3 RSRPorsche 4.0L Flat-6 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Oliver Morley Richard Cvörnjek 87 DNF DNF 2011 A6 18 Porsche 997 GT3 RPorsche 4.0L Flat-6 tolimit Arabia Khaled Al Qubaisi Jeroen Bleekemolen Sascha Maassen 583 4th 4th 2012 A6 3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-AMG 6.3L V8 Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon Khaled Al Qubaisi Jeroen Bleekemolen Thomas Jäger 628 1st 1st 2013 A6-Pro 1 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-AMG 6.3L V8 Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon Khaled Al Qubaisi Jeroen Bleekemolen Bernd Schneider 6001st1st

Complete Nürburgring 24 Hours results Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. ClassPos. 2012 SP9 15 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-AMG 6.3L V8 Black Falcon Jeroen Bleekemolen Manuel Metzger Ralf Schall 4 DNF DNF 2013 SP9 9 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-AMG 6.3L V8 Black Falcon Bernd Schneider Jeroen Bleekemolen Nicki Thiim 88 1st 1st

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