Guy Edwards

For the English cricketer, see Guy Edwards (cricketer).

Guy Edwards
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1942-12-30) 30 December 1942 Macclesfield, Cheshire
Nationality	British
Active years	1974, 1976 – 1977
Teams	Hill, Hesketh, BRM
Entries	16 (11 starts) ^[1]
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1974 Argentine Grand Prix
Last entry	1977 British Grand Prix

Guy Richard Goronwy Edwards, QGM (born 30 December 1942) is a former racing driver from England. Best known for his sportscar and British Formula One career, as well as for brokering sponsorship deals, Edwards participated in 17 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974. He scored no championship points.

Career

Edwards competed in the Aurora Formula One Championship in the UK from 1978 to 1980, scoring several wins driving March, Fittipaldi and Arrows chassis. In 1979 he scored the only race win for a Fittipaldi Formula One chassis.

Guy Edwards's Hesketh 308D of 1976, in the Penthouse Rizla Racing livery which Edwards brought to the team.

He is also renowned for being one of the drivers, along with Arturo Merzario, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl who saved Niki Lauda from his burning car during the 1976 German Grand Prix, for which he was later awarded a Queen's Gallantry Medal for his bravery. Currently, he works helping racing drivers to get sponsorship.

His son Sean, also a racing driver, was killed in a motor racing accident at the Queensland Raceway at Willowbank on 15 October 2013. Sean was training a younger driver, when the Porsche 911 GT3 the pair were driving in caught fire following a high-speed crash.^[2]

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1971	Camel Filters Team Huron	Roger Enever	Lola T212	P 2.0		DNF	DNF
1977	Porsche Kremer Racing	John Fitzpatrick Nick Faure	Porsche 935 K2	Gr.5	15	DNF	DNF
1978	IBEC Racing Developments, Ltd.	Ian Grob	Ibec-Hesketh 308LM	S +2.0	195	DNF	DNF
1980	JLP Racing	John Paul Sr. John Paul Jr.	Porsche 935 JLP-2	IMSA	312	9th	2nd
1981	Team Lola	Emilio de Villota Juan Fernández	Lola T600	S +2.0	287	15th	3rd
1982	Ultramar Team Lola	Rupert Keegan Nick Faure	Lola T610	C	72	DNF	DNF
1983	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick Rupert Keegan	Porsche 956	C	358	5th	5th
1984	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team	Rupert Keegan Roberto Moreno	Porsche 962	C1	72	DNF	DNF
1985	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Jo Gartner David Hobbs	Porsche 956B	C1	366	4th	4th

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC
1974	Embassy Racing With Graham Hill	Lola T370	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 11	BRA Ret	RSA	ESP DNQ	BEL 12	MON 8	SWE 7	NED Ret	FRA 15	GBR	GER DNQ	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			NC
1976	Penthouse Rizla Racing	Hesketh 308D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL DNQ	MON	SWE	FRA 17	GBR Ret	GER 15	AUT	NED	ITA DNS	CAN 20	USA	JPN		NC
1977	Rotary Watches Stanley-BRM	BRM P207	BRM P202 3.0 V12	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR DNPQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	NC

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
1977	Ray Mallock	Chevron B40	Hart	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR 13	VAL DNQ	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST	DON	NC	0

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1988	Kaliber Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	SIL	OUL	THR Ret	DON 3	THR 11	SIL 5	SIL 2	BRH 3	SNE 3	BRH 5	BIR C	DON 6	SIL 4	12th	26	5th
1989	Kaliber Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL Ret	SIL 7	THR 13	DON DSQ	THR DNS	SIL	SIL 3	BRH 4	SNE	BRH Ret	BIR 7	DON	SIL 4	32nd	8	9th

References

↑ "All championship race entries, by Guy Edwards.". chicanef1. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ "Aftermath of Porsche crash which killed racing driver Sean Edwards". The Telegraph. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

External links

Rainer, N. & Diepraam, M. 2000. Grand Prix minnow, Aurora great. 8W. Christmas 2000. Accessed: 21-08-2007
"Guy Edwards". Grand Prix Racing – The whole story. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

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