Alex Davison

Alex Davison
Alex Davison
	Davison in 2016
Nationality	Australian
Born	3 November 1979 (age 45); Melbourne, Victoria
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Car number	17
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 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

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

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.

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

Perkins Motorsport

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

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.^{[citation needed]}

Team 18

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.^{[citation needed]}

Endurance co-driver

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

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

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

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1995	Victorian Junior Kart Championship	1st		Richard Davison
1998	Australian Formula Ford Championship	7th	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Richard Davison
1999	Australian Formula Ford Championship	3rd	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	Richard Davison
2000	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	11th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Manthey Racing
2001	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	6th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Manthey Racing
2002	Porsche Supercup	6th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Manthey Racing
2002	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	8th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Manthey Racing
2003	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	5th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Manthey Racing
2004	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Greg Murphy Racing
	Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series	36th	Holden VX Commodore	Perkins Engineering
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	38th	Holden VX Commodore	Perkins Engineering
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	33rd	Holden VY Commodore	Perkins Engineering
2006	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	2nd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Paul Cruickshank Racing
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	42nd	Ford BA Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
2007	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	2nd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Jim Richards Racing
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	36th	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
2008	Le Mans Series GT2 Class	2nd	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Team Felbermayr-Proton
	American Le Mans Series GT2 Class	26th	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Flying Lizard Motorsports Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport
	Sepang 12 Hours	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Team Porsche Club Singapore
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	17th	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	21st	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	11th	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2012	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	3rd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	McElrea Racing
	V8SuperTourer Championship	50th	Ford FG Falcon	International Motorsport
	International V8 Supercars Championship	42nd	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
2013	V8SuperTourers Championship	18th	Ford FG Falcon	MPC Motorsport
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	13th	Ford FG Falcon	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	37th	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	37th	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport
2016	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	2nd	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Buik Motorsport
2017	Supercars Championship	49th	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2018	Supercars Championship	40th	Ford FG X Falcon	23Red Racing
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	7th	Porsche 911 RSR	Gulf Racing UK
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE	17th	Porsche 911 RSR	Gulf Racing UK
2019	Supercars Championship	32nd	Ford Mustang GT	23Red Racing
2020	Supercars Championship	23rd	Holden ZB Commodore	Team Sydney by Tekno
2021	Supercars Championship	36th	Ford Mustang GT	Dick Johnson Racing

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	Position	Points
2023	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT S650	NEW R1	NEW R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	BEN R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	SAN R23 7	BAT R24 16	SUR R25	SUR R26	ADE R27	ADE R28												35th	0

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2004	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VX	Jamie Whincup	9th	160
2005	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	Allan Simonsen	20th	129
2006	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Grant Denyer	9th	161
2007	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Andrew Thompson	8th	161
2008	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Fabian Coulthard	10th	161
2009	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Shane van Gisbergen	13th	161
2010	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon FG	David Brabham	13th	161
2011	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon FG	David Brabham	16th	161
2012	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon FG	James Moffat	10th	161
2013	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Ford Falcon FG	John McIntyre	13th	161
2014	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Will Davison	4th	161
2015	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Will Davison	12th	161
2017	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Alex Rullo	15th	159
2018	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Will Davison	19th	159
2019	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Will Davison	10th	161
2020	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	Jonathon Webb	12th	161
2021	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Will Davison	10th	161
2022	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Will Davison	DNF	141
2023	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Will Davison	16th	161

Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2001	HP Racing Team	ITA1	ESP	AUT	MON	GER1 5	GBR	GER2						NC	0
2001	Carlin								HUN 5	BEL	ITA2	USA1	USA2	NC	0
2002	Manthey Racing	ITA1 19	ESP DNS	AUT Ret	MON 9	GER1 Ret	GBR 4	GER2 7	HUN 2	BEL 6	ITA2 2	USA1 1	USA2 3	6th	117
2003	Walter Lechner Racing	ITA1	ESP 6	AUT	MON	GER1	GBR	GER2	HUN	BEL	ITA2	USA1	USA2	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2008	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	309	27th	5th
2018	Gulf Racing	Mike Wainwright Ben Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	283	40th	10th

European Le Mans Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	PTS
2018	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE	LEC Ret	MNZ	RBR	SIL 5	SPA	ALG	7th	10

FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	Gulf Racing UK	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SPA 7	LMS 10	SIL 6	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LMS	17th	26

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "1998 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford C'ship Round 1 Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 27 March 1999. Retrieved 12 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "1999 FORD RACING - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Alex Davison". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b Greenhalgh, David; Tuckey, Bill (2013). The official history of The Great Race Bathurst : 50 years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 9780980591231.
^ ^a ^b Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.
^ "Alex Davison and Irwin Industrial Tools Confirmed at Stone Brothers Racing in 2009". Stone Brothers Racing website. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Another Davison Joins the FPR Fold". V8 Supercars Australia. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Davison/Davison confirmed for Pirtek Enduro Cup". Speedcafe. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Alex Davison returns to Erebus for Sydney". Speedcafe. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

External links

Alex Davison career summary at DriverDB.com
Alex Davison profile on US Racing Reference

[1] "1998 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[2] "Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford C'ship Round 1 Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 27 March 1999. Retrieved 12 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "1999 FORD RACING - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[4] "Alex Davison". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[50yrsbathurst-5] Greenhalgh, David; Tuckey, Bill (2013). The official history of The Great Race Bathurst : 50 years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 9780980591231.

[50yrschamp-6] Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.

[7] "Alex Davison and Irwin Industrial Tools Confirmed at Stone Brothers Racing in 2009". Stone Brothers Racing website. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[8] "Another Davison Joins the FPR Fold". V8 Supercars Australia. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[9] "Davison/Davison confirmed for Pirtek Enduro Cup". Speedcafe. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[10] "Alex Davison returns to Erebus for Sydney". Speedcafe. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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