Tuesday

SEAN EDWARDS.........1986 - 2013

A WIN EARLIER THIS YEAR

Sean Edwards, a promising British driver and the son of former Formula One driver Guy Edwards, died Tuesday in a crash during training. He was 26.

Edwards, the Supercup Championship leader, was in the passenger seat as an instructor for a private training session at Queensland Raceway at Willowbank, outside Brisbane, Porsche Motorsport said.

His father was credited with pull Niki Lauda out of his burning car in 1976. He played the role of his father in the new Formula One movie 'RUSH.'

photo credit: © 2013 Daily Mail
edited text credit: © 2013 Associated Press