Sean Edwards, one of Britain's most promising racing drivers, has been killed in a crash at the Queensland Raceway in Australia. Edwards, 26, was the son of former Formula One driver Guy Edwards and played the role of his father in the recently-released movie Rush. Edwards was leading the driverschampionship in the 2013 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season and was taking part in a private training session for young drivers. The accident occurred when the Porsche 966 car in which he was traveling in as a passenger smashed into a tire barrier. Guy Edwards was one of three drivers who famously pulled Niki Lauda out of his car before it burst into flames following a crash at the Nurburgring during the 1976 German Grand Prix. His son had followed him into racing and was highly rated. Condolences Our thoughts are with his family and we want to express our deepest condolences to his relatives, said Hartmut Kristen, Head of Motorsport at Porsche. Inspector Dave Preston, from Queensland Police, said emergency services had struggled to get Edwards out of the damaged vehicles. The fire and rescue had to do extensive work in relation to extracting and opening the vehicle up sufficiently to remove him, he was trapped for some time, he told reporters. When I last went down there and he was being removed he -LSB- the driver -RSB- was awake and aware of what was going on around him. Edwards