🇬🇧 Sean Edwards

Sean Edwards was a professional endurance racing driver who competed in shared-car racing across the FIA GT Championship, the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, and the World Endurance Championship between 2007 and 2012. His indexed record comprises 16 starts across these international series, split among Prospeed Competition in FIA GT and WEC machinery, and Black Falcon in Porsche and GT3 cars at the Nürburgring.[1]

Edwards raced the FIA GT Championship for three seasons from 2007 to 2009, taking 12 starts for Prospeed Competition in a shared-car format alongside both amateur and professional entrants. He later moved to the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, where he took three starts in 2011 and 2013 in the Cup 2 and SP 9 classes driving Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and GT3 machinery for Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz. His final indexed appearance came in the 2012 World Endurance Championship, a single start in the LMGTE Am class with Prospeed Competition, where he finished 19th in the championship standings.[2]

Edwards raced regularly against Emmanuel Collard, an entry-level professional and FIA Silver graded driver with extensive experience across FIA GT, WEC and Formula 3000, finishing behind him in their meetings. He also encountered Bert Longin, an established professional FIA Bronze driver with 80 FIA GT starts. His most notable result came against Laurens Vanthoor, an established professional and multiple-series champion including victories in IMSA WeatherTech and WEC Hypercar, whom Edwards finished ahead of once in their indexed meetings. Edwards died in October 2013 following a private testing incident at Queensland Raceway in Australia.