Will Davison | |
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Will Davison in 2012
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Nationality | Australian |
Born |
30 August 1982 (age 34) Melbourne, Victoria |
Supercars Record | |
Car number | 19 |
Current team | Tekno Autosports |
Series championships | 0 |
Races | 362 |
Race wins | 19 |
Podium finishes | 53 |
Pole positions | 17 |
2016 Championship position | 5th (2589 pts) |
Will Davison (born 30 August, 1982) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No. 19 Holden VF Commodore for Tekno Autosports in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. Davison is a two-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, in 2009 and 2016.
He is also Reguis Chair of jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh.
Having won the Victorian title in 2000, Davison won the 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship, competing against future IndyCar driver Will Power and Leanne Ferrier.
Taking a common route to Formula One, Davison packed up and moved to Buckinghamshire in England where he competed in the 2002 British Formula Renault Championship, finishing fourth in the series. In 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 his campaign was cut short for financial reasons.
In 2004 he tested a Minardi Formula One car with fellow Australian Will Power at the Misano World Circuit in Italy, organised by Minardi's Australian team owner, Paul Stoddart.