Sean Edwards tested again with Tech 9 at the Silverstone International track on Friday. The test went without incident for Edwards and he came out on top of the time sheets! “The test was good, I think we are nearing a deal to do FIA GT3 with Tech 9, we should know just before the Dijon test” commented Edwards. The 2nd official test will take place at the famous Dijon track in the East of France.
Silverston Int, Tech 9’s Porsche Test Times
Sean Edwards – 1.24.779 (Old Rubber)
James Murphy – 1.26.336 (Old Rubber)
Oliver Bryant – 1.29.498 (Old Rubber)
Maxime Dumarey – 1.29.647 (Old Rubber)
Sean Edwards attended the 2nd official FIA GT3 test at Paul Ricard this week. He was joined along with a few other drivers looking too land the Porsche seats with Tech 9. “The test went really well” commented Edwards, the 2 days consisted of running in 2 new 997’s and in the 3rd sessions of the days setting some flying laps round the track. Sean completed the 2 days without incident and set a very respectable time of 2.14.2 round the French track as seen below.
Paul Ricard, Tech 9 Team’s Posche Test Times.
Andy Topmson – 2.13.863 (old rubber, 8 flying laps)
Sean Edwards – 2.14.213 (old rubber, 2 flying laps)
Paul Van Splunteren – 2.15.090 (2 sets of new tyres, 20 flying laps)
James Murphy – 2.15.462 (semi old rubber, 8 flying laps)
Demitry Deverikos – 2.15.652 (new ish rubber, 8 flying laps)
Phil Hindley – 2.17.158 (old rubber, 1st laps at the track, 7 flying laps)
Maxime Dumarey – 2.19.068 (new ish rubber, 16 flying laps)
Oliver Bryant – 2.22.466 (old rubber and 7000 max rpm)
Sean Edwards is in talks with the Trackspeed/Tech9 partnership that is looking to get contract to run 3 Porsche 997’s in the FIA GT3 championship next year. Edwards said “If they get this contract it is going to be pretty likely that we make a deal to run in one of the 997’s next year”. This new championship is going to be an important step into Europe if Edwards does the deal.
Sean Edwards is in talks with the Barewell motor sport team who is going to be running 3 Aston Martin DBRS9’s next year, in the FIA GT3 championship. Edwards said “we are looking strongly at this new FIA GT3 championship for next year. It’s looking like the best championship to introduce myself into the European scene”.
Sean Edwards is in talks with Tech9, Trackspeed, RPM and Motorbase to run in the British GT championship in 2006. If a deal comes off he will be running the now dominant Porsche 996 GT3 cup car. They look to make a decision on what series/team they are going to driver for at the end of December/ beginning of January. Edwards said “2 teams stand out, it’s now all about which team can find the best co driver for me, so we can win the championship”
