Munich. After ten years as a BMW M works driver, John Edwards
(USA) is ending his professional racing career. BMW M Motorsport
thanks him for the excellent collaboration and fondly remembers
their shared successes. The highlight was the GTLM class victory at
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,” said 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 announced that he wants to turn his previous hobby of
flying planes into a profession next year. He also wants to spend more
time with his family. That was also the reason why he was replaced by
Neil Verhagen (USA) as Samantha Tan’s (CAN) teammate in the Fanatec GT
World Challenge America powered by AWS during the past season.
The collaboration between Edwards and BMW M Motorsport began in 2013
with individual race appearances in the BMW Z4 GTE in the IMSA series.
Together with Dirk Müller (GER), the first victory at Lime Rock Park
(USA) was not long in coming. Accordingly, Edwards was promoted to
full-time IMSA and BMW M works driver in 2014. Throughout his career,
he drove numerous generations of BMW M Motorsport race cars, including
the BMW Z4 GTE, BMW M6 GT3, BMW M8 GTE, and BMW M4 GT3. In 2020, he
celebrated the GTLM class victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside
Jesse Krohn (FIN), Augusto Farfus (BRA), and Chaz Mostert (AUS), as
well as the GTLM title in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup with Krohn.
Edwards also regularly competed for BMW M Motorsport at the 24 Hours
of Nürburgring (GER) from 2015 onwards.
