TIM EDWARDS JOINS FORD PERFORMANCE RACING
7/4/2005 15:29 (Press Release) -
Ford Performance Racing (FPR) announces a new senior
appointment to take charge of the Prodrive owned Australian V8 Supercar Team.
Tim Edwards joins FPR with outstanding motor racing and sports management
credentials gained from his humble start as a Melbourne Ford dealer apprentice
motor mechanic, to occupying several senior managerial roles with one of the
world's most renowned Formula One teams.
After successfully completing his apprenticeship at the Box Hill College of
TAFE from 1984 to 1988 while working with Melford Motors, Tim pursued his
ambition of working with a motor racing team in Europe. At the age of 21, Tim
headed to England and joined compatriot Alan Docking's Formula 3 and Mazdaspeed
Sportscar team as a race team mechanic.
In 1989 Tim joined Richard Lloyd Racing as lead mechanic for their World Sports
Prototype Team. He was responsible for ten technicians, playing a hands-on
leadership role in car build and development processes while broadening his
motor racing technical abilities.
The establishment of the Jordan Formula One Grand Prix team in 1991 presented
an opportunity for Tim to work in the world's premier motor racing category. He
successfully applied for a position with the new team, starting as a race
mechanic. This was the beginning of a 14 year career with Jordan Grand Prix
that would cover every area of the team's ever expanding operations. The
experience gained during the following decade resulted in his appointment as
Team Manager in 2001, where he remained until 2004. Along the way to this role,
Tim had occupied the positions of Number One Mechanic, Chief Mechanic and
Technical Operations Manager / Test Team Manager.
Tim returned to Australia in December 2004 to join the organising committee for
the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in the role of Special Advisor - Sport.
Tim Edwards will join FPR as Motorsport Director at the end of March. He will
have total responsibility for all the team's technical and sporting activities
while also representing FPR with AVESCO and TEGA.
Release Date: 10/03/2005
Ford Performance Racing
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