Today at Queensland Raceway, racing driver and son of F1 driver Guy Edwards died whist being a passenger in a Porsche.
Edwards, 26, who was living in Monaco, was the passenger in a Porsche when it hit a wall at Willowbank's Queensland Raceway.
The Porsche driver is the son of F1 race car driver Guy Edwards and recently coached drivers on the film set of Rush. He also played his father in some scenes, including the climactic scene in which he saved German Niki Lauda in a fiery crash.
On October 8, Edwards told his Twitter fans he would soon be arriving in Brisbane for two days of coaching. ``Time to hit Queensland Raceway today, should be fun, hope there aren't too many kangaroos like at Bathurst!'' he wrote on October 12.
On his Facebook page he wrote: ``First time to Aus, have heard great thing so looking forward to my two days there!''
Edwards said he was due to leave Australia today.
Queensland Raceway chief executive John Tetley confirmed Edwards, a passenger in the car, had died in the crash.
Earlier, it was reported the 20-year-old driver's family watched as his car slammed into a wall and burst into flames, killing the passenger, at a Willowbank raceway.
The driver was critically injured after his Porsche crashed into a wall and caught fire at the Queensland Raceway, near Ipswich, this morning.
The male passenger, aged 26, died in the crash. The driver's family was reportedly in the grandstand at the time and watched the crash.
Source:
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/qu...ay-at-willowbank/story-fnihsrf2-1226740247873 R.I.P to a talented driver, especially terrible because he wasn't driving at the time
2013 has been quite a dark year for racing in my honest opinion. R.I.P 
