Munich. After ten years as a BMW M works driver, John Edwards (USA) is ending his skilled racing profession. BMW M Motorsport thanks him for the superb collaboration and fondly remembers their shared successes. The spotlight was the GTLM class victory on the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) with the BMW M8 GTE.
“John Edwards competed in his first full season for BMW M Team RLL in North America in 2014 and is one of the longest-serving BMW M works drivers. On behalf of BMW M Motorsport, I would like to thank him for his long loyalty and excellent collaboration,” mentioned Head of BMW M Motorsport Andreas Roos. “Although it was unfortunately before my time, the 2020 IMSA season stands out from a whole series of beautiful shared memories with the victory at Daytona and the title win in the Endurance Cup. I wish John Edwards all the best for his professional and personal future! We will certainly stay in good contact.”
Edwards has introduced that he desires to show his earlier passion of flying planes right into a occupation subsequent yr. He additionally desires to spend extra time together with his household. That was additionally the explanation why he was changed by Neil Verhagen (USA) as Samantha Tan’s (CAN) teammate within the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS through the previous season.
The collaboration between Edwards and BMW M Motorsport started in 2013 with particular person race appearances within the BMW Z4 GTE within the IMSA collection. Together with Dirk Müller (GER), the primary victory at Lime Rock Park (USA) was not lengthy in coming. Accordingly, Edwards was promoted to full-time IMSA and BMW M works driver in 2014. Throughout his profession, he drove quite a few generations of BMW M Motorsport race automobiles, together with the BMW Z4 GTE, BMW M6 GT3, BMW M8 GTE, and BMW M4 GT3. In 2020, he celebrated the GTLM class victory on the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Jesse Krohn (FIN), Augusto Farfus (BRA), and Chaz Mostert (AUS), in addition to the GTLM title within the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup with Krohn. Edwards additionally usually competed for BMW M Motorsport on the 24 Hours of Nürburgring (GER) from 2015 onwards.