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Sean Edwards finally got qualifying right, with 4th place on the grid, round the super hard Monaco streets! He was running second for most of the session, but a late charge by Faulkner and Altzen, saw him drop too 4th. Nevertheless, he is in a great starting position for round 5 of the Supercup and with a 90 hance of rain for the race, it should be very interesting. Sean was also the highest Supercup and Monaco rookie, and hops to keep it that way in the race.
Sean commented after qualifying. “It’s really great to finally get qualifying right and be right up the front. The team did a great job on the setup and the car was handling great. I actually had food poisoning last night and felt really bad in qualifying, but somehow managed to pull a couple of laps out. The doctor has said I should be ok for the race on Sunday. I had a crash in the casino on my second set of tyres, trying to push for a top 3, but the car will be ok for the race, thanks to the efforts of the team. I really hope I can finish in the top 5 and stay out of trouble.”
The first and second round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup were held in the kingdom of Bahrain, at the Bahrain Sakir circuit. This remote desert track is the hottest on the Supercup calendar, with temperatures reaching 39 degrees Celsius outside and over 55 degrees Celsius inside the cockpit! “It will certainly be a tough race, both on the car and driver” said Sean Edwards.
This will be Sean’s first season in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and he is definitely looking forward to it. “I have a very steep learning curve, as I only know four tracks on the calendar (Monza, Spa, Hockenheim and Silverstone), as well as never doing a standing start in a Porsche and going back to sprint racing after being in GT’s for the past three years, but I am really looking forward to the challenge.”
Sixty Porsche 997 GT3 Cup cars were delivered to the teams of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup and the Porsche Carrera Cup in Hockenheim on the 4th of March. This was followed by a two days test session for 26 teams from both championships, on the Formula 1 GP Circuit.
With the two-day test now complete and positive feedback from everyone involved, the season opener of the German Carrera Cup and the Supercup has ended in Hockenheim. The new 420hp 997 GT3 Cup car was considerably faster than the official Supercup lap record.
Sean Edwards, one of the leading Porsche drivers in the UK, is set to join the Mobil Porsche Supercup grid for 2008.
The 21 year old from Henley-On-Thames, London will drive a Konrad Motorsport prepared Porsche 997 GT3 Cup machine.
With guidance from driver manager Phil Hindley, and team boss Franz Konrad, Sean is ideally placed to learn from the current Porsche masters, and compete at the highest level in front of the Formula 1 crowd. ‘Konrad Motorsport were our perfect choice in terms of providing Sean with the best machinery to perform, their history in Porsche Motorsport has been outstanding and I am confident that we will be competitive’ – quotes Hindley
After the superb third place finish at the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the Tech 9 motorsport team moved onto the latest, and more regular length, round of the FIA GT Championship, at Adria in Italy, with hopes of picking up another good result – at a circuit it had never been to before.
Despite some drivers having issues with the size of the track at the Italian venue, the event offered another aspect for the fans, teams and drivers, with the race starting on Saturday evening and running into darkness. Certainly something different compared to a regular race weekend.
“It was a fantastic event overall,” said team boss Phil Hindley. “The facilities and the quality of the track were good. The floodlit racing was really good. Obviously it doesn’t compare with the big tracks that the series visits, like Spa, for instance, but it was a nice meeting.” And the track even boasts an indoor paddock.