Australian racing driver
Alexander Davison
(born 3 November 1979) is an Australian racing driver. He won the
2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
. As part of the Davison motorsport family, he is the older brother of
Will Davison
, grandson of
Lex Davison
and cousin of
James Davison
. He currently co-drives for
Dick Johnson Racing
in the
Supercars Championship
with
Will Davison
in the No. 17
Ford Mustang GT
Junior career
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Starting in
karts
at a young age, he 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
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Manthey Racing
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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]
Touring cars
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Perkins Motorsport
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Davison's Carrera Cup form led to him join the
Perkins Motorsport
V8 Supercars team for the
2004
endurance races, sharing
Tony Longhurst
's regular season car with
Jamie Whincup
. The pair finished a creditable 9th at the
2004
running of the
Bathurst 1000
.
[5]
Davison later replaced Longhurst for the final two sprint events of the year when the veteran left the team. This in turn led to a full-time seat with Perkins in 2005 but with results not forthcoming Davison too found himself replaced before season's end.
[6]
Stone Brothers Racing
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Having returned from his European racing exploits, Davison returned to a full-time V8 Supercar seat with
Stone Brothers Racing
in
2009
.
[7]
The year was largely disappointing, and he finished the year 17th in the standings, with the highlight being a second-place finish at Hidden Valley thanks to a favourable soft tyre strategy.
2010
saw Davison fail to improve, with a ninth-place finish in the opening race of the season at the
Clipsal 500
becoming one of only three top ten finishes for the year. He did, however, achieve his maiden pole position on his return to Hidden Valley, but a potential podium finish was scuppered by an electrical failure. Davison improved to finish 11th in the
2011 season
, including his second career podium at the opening race of the year at the
Yas Marina Circuit
in
Abu Dhabi
.
[6]
Despite his better season, Davison was replaced by
Lee Holdsworth
for 2012.
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Team 18
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After spending 2012 in Carrera Cup, Davison was recalled to V8 Supercars in
2013
to drive for
Team 18
, a newly formed satellite team operating with
Ford Performance Racing
equipment.
[8]
Davison had an above average season, finishing 13th overall, peaking with a third place at the
Phillip Island
event.
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Endurance co-driver
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Davison has competed in V8 Supercars as an endurance co-driver on several occasions. In 2006, 2007 and 2012 he raced with
Dick Johnson Racing
while in 2008 he raced for
Paul Cruickshank Racing
. On all four occasions, he achieved top ten results at the Bathurst 1000.
[5]
In 2014 and 2015, Davison entered the endurance races, now combined to form the
Enduro Cup
, with
Erebus Motorsport
, who ironically had bought out his former team Stone Brothers Racing.
[9]
This provided Davison with the opportunity to co-drive with his brother Will Davison and included a 4th-place finish at the
2014 Bathurst 1000
. Davison also entered the final sprint round of the
2015 season
, the
Sydney 500
, for Erebus Motorsport as a replacement for
Ashley Walsh
.
[10]
After James Courtney's departure from Team Sydney by Tekno, Alex was drafted in by Jonathon Webb to drive the #19 Local Legends Holden ZB Commodore from the Eastern Creek Round onwards. He would partner Chris Pither (#22) As of 28 November, it is unknown if Davison will remain in his drive for 2021
Personal life
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Davison is the son of
Australian Formula 2
champion Richard Davison, grandson of four times
Australian Grand Prix
winner
Lex Davison
and brother to
Will Davison
. His uncle Jon Davison, and cousins
James Davison
and Charlie Davison also are linked with the sport.
He has 2 children Luke Davison and Lily Davison and has been married to Melanie Davison since 2010.
Career results
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The
Ford FG Falcon
of Alex Davison at the
2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
The
Ford FG Falcon
of Alex Davison at the
2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Davison contested the
2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
in this Roma Caravans entry
Supercars Championship results
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(Races in
bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
Bathurst 1000 results
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Porsche Supercup results
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(
key
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
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European Le Mans Series results
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FIA World Endurance Championship results
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Season still in progress.
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