Alex Davison
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AustralianWill Davison (brother)
James Davison (cousin)
FIA Gold (until 2015, 2017)
FIA Silver (2016, 2018–)| Alex Davison | |
|---|---|
 Davison in 2016 | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 3 November 1979 (age 46) |
| Relatives | Lex Davison (grandfather) Will Davison (brother) James Davison (cousin) |
| Racing licence | FIA Gold (until 2015, 2017) FIA Silver (2016, 2018–) |
| Supercars Championship career | |
| Current team | Dick Johnson Racing (Endurance race co-driver) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Races | 166 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| 2020 position | 23rd (794 pts) |
Alexander Davison (born 3 November 1979) is a racing driver from Australia. He was the 2004 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion.
Starting in karts at a young age, Davison progressed to Formula Ford in 1998 racing a used 1995 Van Diemen RF95.[1] With sponsorship from Wynn's and OAMPS Insurance, Davison upgraded to a year old Van Diemen RF98 for 1999,[2] and finished third in one of the most competitive Australian Formula Ford seasons behind champion Greg Ritter. He had tied on points with Steve Owen in second, but on a countback of race wins, lost second place to Owen, who had five wins to Davison's four.[3] After two years of Formula Ford, Davison's eyes turned to Europe.
Sports cars
Manthey Racing
Unable to break into an open-wheel series, Davison found a role with German Sports Car team Manthey Racing. After initially racing Porsche Carrera Cup in the German national series, Davison was promoted to the Porsche Supercup, a pan-European series supporting several legs of the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship and finished sixth, including one victory at Indianapolis. Two more years with Manthey in the German series saw no significant improvement and Davison returned home to Australia during 2003.
Return to Australia
Back in Australia, Davison made some appearances in the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship. After breaking through for a round win at the end of 2003, Davison dominated the 2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, taking his first and only major championship title to date. Despite having competed in selected V8 Supercars events in 2004 and 2005, Davison was unable to find a full-time role in V8 Supercars, and returned to the Australian Carrera Cup in 2006, joining Paul Cruickshank Racing. He took the seat of outgoing champion Fabian Coulthard and finished second to Craig Baird in the 2006 season. Into 2007, Davison took over the seat Jim Richards vacated from his own team, as Richards concentrated on other series. Davison again finished runner-up this time to David Reynolds.
Le Mans Series
In 2008, an opportunity to return to Europe beckoned and Davison took up a drive with Team Felbermayr-Proton in the 2008 Le Mans Series season. Despite not winning a single race, Davison and co-driver Marc Lieb finished runner-up in the GT2 class in their Porsche 997 GT3-RSR behind Ferrari F430 GT2 driver Rob Bell. With the same team, Davison also contested the 2008 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Horst Felbermayr, Sr. and Wolf Henzler. They finished fifth in class. Some guest drives in the American Le Mans Series also cropped up, though to no significant success.
Carrera Cup comebacks
In 2012, Davison drove the Simjen 'Silver Bullet' in a return to Australian Carrera Cup. Davison won the first round of the season at the Adelaide Street Circuit before eventually finishing third in the championship.[citation needed]
In 2016, Davison once again entered the Australian Carrera Cup Championship full-time, winning two of the first four rounds at Albert Park and Hidden Valley Raceway.[4]
