Monthly Archive for September, 2006
Sean Edwards has made history in being the first ever FIA GT3 European Champion, with his two victories at Mugello securing it for him. He also won the Porsche class Championship and helped Tech 9 Motorsport to clinch the Constructors Championship! He is one of the youngest International Champions ever and his future is looking bright. He said “I cannot believe I have just won the FIA GT3 Championship! It’s such an amazing feeling and I don’t think it will fully sink in for a good few weeks yet.”
He secured the championship on his own, because he had two co drivers during the season. This was because Dimitris Deverikos had financial troubles in the later part of the season and was replaced by Phil Keen. Edwards said “It was a real shame to loose Dimitris, because we worked very well together and he got three second places with me, but Phil stepped in and did a great job, clinching three victories and helping me to the championships” Continue reading…
We came to Mugello thinking we still had a slim chance to win the Drivers Championship and we thought that there was no chance to win the Constructors Championship anymore.
Testing went pretty well, although it was changing conditions we ended up 7th and 9th in both the sessions. We tried various different settings in the wet and tried to work on a race setup, as we thought it would be wet for the weekend!
Sean Edwards, driver of the No. 9 Tech 9 Porsche 997 in the FIA GT3 European Championship discusses his last outing at Dijon – a weekend which would turn out to be his best of the year, with a breakthrough win in the second race of the weekend.
We came to Dijon knowing that it was going to be a struggle, as you need downforce at the track. So we were looking to score some good points. That was all we could hope for.