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Profile of Anthony Davidson
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Anthony Davidson |
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18th April 1979 |
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Hemel Hempstead |
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Racing driver |
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Anthony Davidson
| Nationality |
English |
| Active years |
2002, 2005 |
| Team(s) |
Minardi, BAR |
| Race starts |
3 |
| Championships |
0 |
| Wins |
0 |
| Podium finishes |
0 |
| Pole positions |
0 |
| Fastest laps |
0 |
| First Grand Prix |
2002 Hungarian Grand Prix |
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| Last win |
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| Last Grand Prix |
2005 Malaysian Grand Prix |
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Anthony Davidson (b. April 18, 1979) is an auto racing driver who is currently the test driver for the BAR Formula One team. He was born in Hemel Hempstead and currently resides in London. He is nicknamed 'Ant' due to his diminuitive size.
Like most racing drivers, Davidson started racing in karts in 1987, racing in various British, European and North American championships. In 1999 he moved to cars, racing Formula Fords and winning the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award in 2000. In 2001 he competed in the European and British Formula Three championships, winning the former and coming runner-up in the latter. In this year he became the test driver for BAR, whilst in 2002 he started two races for Minardi, retiring from them both.
In 2004 BAR were able to run a third car in Friday morning testing, and Davidson was given the honour. He frequently impressed with his pace, although some have questioned the validity of these times as a raw indicator due to the lack of need to conserve the car in the way the race drivers Button and Sato did. Contrary to popular rumour, only 2 of his fast times were set on light fuel - a fact his father has repeated many times on internet forums.
In November 2004, BAR announced that it had failed to come to an acceptable contractual agreement with Williams to allow Davidson to drive for the latter team in 2005 (because Williams would not agree to his unconditional "repatriation" to BAR in 2006). Given BAR's long-term contract on Davidson, his chance of securing a race seat for 2005 was therefore called into serious doubt. He was given the opportunity to fill in for an ailing Takuma Sato at the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, but his Honda engine expired into flames just two laps into the event.
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