Will Davison
| Will Davison | |
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| V8 Supercar Record | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Car number | 6 |
| Current team | Ford Performance Racing |
| Series Championships | 0 |
| Races | 199 |
| Round Wins | 6 |
| Podium finishes | 14 |
| Race Wins | 7 |
| Pole positions | 6 |
| 2011 Championship position | 7th (2345 pts) |
Will Davison (born 30 August 1982 in Melbourne) is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.
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[edit] Early career
Davison won the 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship, competing against future IndyCar driver Will Power and Leanne Ferrier.
[edit] Davison dynasty
His grandfather Lex Davison won the Australian Grand Prix four times. His brother Alex Davison is also a racing driver and has won numerous National titles including The Porsche Cup. Continuing the family tradition, cousin James Davison is currently racing in a Team Australia Jnr position after competing the 2005 Victorian Formula Ford series.
[edit] Racing in Europe
Taking a common route to Formula One, Davison picked up and moved to Buckinghamshire in England where he competed in the 2002 British Formula Renault Championship finishing fourth at seasons end. For 2003 he moved up to the British Formula 3 Championship with Alan Docking Racing but an enforced mid-year change of teams to Menu F3 did not help his campaign. Davison continued with Menu F3 into 2004 but it was cut short for financial reasons.
In 2004 he made his Formula One debut with fellow Aussie Will Power at Misano, Italy driving for the Minardi team owned by Australian Paul Stoddart.[1]
[edit] V8 Supercar
In 2005 he raced in several V8 Supercar races back in Australia after signing with Team Dynamik as a full time driver. A change of ownership after the season opening Formula 1 support race at Albert Park left him without a seat until the endurance events, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, where he was picked up by Dick Johnson Racing, co-driving with Steven Johnson in the #17 Westpoint Falcon.
During his time between Formula 3 and V8 supercar seats, Davison drove for A1 Team Australia in the inaugural season of the A1 Grand Prix where he was again under Alan Docking Racing. This time he experienced many ups and downs with many instances where he was taken out of a race due to no fault of his own. On the ups his highest finishing position was sixth at both the Portuguese and Australian rounds, where despite a rocky start in Portugal, proved vital in scoring points for the team.
By mid-November, 2005 Davison was signed a fulltime driver for Dick Johnson Racing, signed to drive the teams #18 Falcon.
In 2006, Davison’s First full season with Dick Johnson Racing and racing the team #18 Falcon was a quiet year as Davison was plagued by technical difficulties and no real great results but a 4th Place with team mate Steven Johnson at Sandown, he finished 19th in the championship.
In 2007, Davison continued to drive the #18 Falcon under the teams new title sponsor, Jim Beam. At the 2007 Sandown 500 and the 2007 Bathurst 1000 Davison again partnered Steven Johnson for the third straight year, with he and Johnson scoring a third place at Bathurst, he finished 10th in the championship.
In 2008, Davison conitiued to race the teams #18 Falcon, Davison won his first V8 Supercar Race in race 2 at Eastern Creek Raceway in Round 2, 2008. This was the middle of a dream run which saw him claim his first V8 supercar round win along with giving DJR their first round victory in 7 seven years, he also scored a further 2 podiums in the year, one of these with team mate Steven Johnson at the L&H 500 at Phillip Island, he finished 5th in championship.
In 2009, Davison moved teams to the Toll Holden Racing Team to drive the teams #22 Holden VE Commodore, his first full season in a Holden Commodore, this was a great year for Davison as he finished 2nd in the championship after Wins at Sandown, Queensland and also wins at Phillip Island and the Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander, Davison’s 1st Bathurst Victory, he also scored many other podiums during the year.
In 2010, Davison continued with HRT, but with an unreliable car and just bad luck, he finished the championship in 22nd place. Midway through through the season, Davison decided to end his relationship with Toll Holden Racing Team and signed with Ford Performance Racing for 2011 to drive the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon.
[edit] Career results
[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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| 2005–06 | A1 Team Australia | GBR SPR |
GBR FEA |
GER SPR |
GER FEA |
POR SPR RET |
POR FEA 6 |
AUS SPR 11 |
AUS FEA 6 |
MYS SPR RET |
MYS FEA 11 |
UAE SPR 21 |
UAE FEA 10 |
RSA SPR 9 |
RSA FEA RET |
IDN SPR |
IDN FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
USA SPR |
USA FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
13th | 51 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2009 (with Garth Tander) |
Succeeded by Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by Jamie Whincup |
Barry Sheene Medal 2009 |
Succeeded by James Courtney |
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- 1982 births
- A1 Team Australia drivers
- Australian racing drivers
- Bathurst 1000 winners
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Living people
- People educated at Xavier College
- Racing drivers from Victoria (Australia)
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- V8 Supercar drivers
