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Anthony Davidson

Anthony Davidson Anthony Davidson
Team Super Aguri
Nationality British
Podiums 0
Points 0
Grand Prix entered 24
World Championships 0
Highest race finish 11 (x3)
Highest grid position 11 (x2)
Date of Birth 18/04/1979
Place of Birth Hemel Hempstead
Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri F1 Team.
Formula One World Championship, Rd 3, Bahrain Grand Prix, Preparations, Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain, Thursday, 3 April 2008

2008

Left without a drive after four rounds when financial difficulties force Super Aguri to withdraw from the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri F1 SA07 
Formula One World Championship, Rd17, Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, 19 October 2007

2007

Finally gets a full-time race seat with Honda-powered Super Aguri team. Unable to match team mate Takuma Sato for pace, but proves an asset to the squad with his maturity and consistency, scoring three 11th-place finishes.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) Honda Racing F1 Team Third Driver.
Formula One World Championship, Rd 18, Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Interlagos, Brazil, 20 October 2006

2006

Retained as third driver as BAR become works Honda team.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) Honda Racing F1 Team Test Driver. Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, 7-10 December 2005. World ©  Patching/Sutton

2005

BAR third driver. Gets unexpected race call-up in Malaysia after Takuma Sato is taken ill, but retires after early engine failure.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) BAR Honda 006.
Formula One World Championship, Rd9, United States Grand Prix, Practice Day, Indianapolis, USA, 18 June 2004

2004

Excels in Friday practice sessions as BAR's third driver, making key contribution to their second place in the constructors' championship.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) BAR Honda 006. Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, 28-30 September 2004.

2003

BAR test driver.

Anthony Davidson (GBR) Minardi Asiatech PS02 takes to the gravel during his debut Grand Prix.
Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Hungary, 18 August 2002

2002

Lead test driver for BAR. Replaces Alex Yoong at Minardi for the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix, failing to finish in both.

The podium (L to R) Takuma Sato (JPN) Carlin Motorsport second; Anthony Davidson (GBR) Carlin Motorsport winner; James Courtney (GBR) Jaguar third. British Formula Three Championship Rd 7 Castle Combe, England, 24 June 2001. World © Moy/Sutton

2001

BAR Formula One test driver. Runner-up in the British Formula Three championship, losing out to team mate Takuma Sato, with six race wins and a further ten podiums. Wins European F3 series with victories at Pau and Spa.

Festival winner Anthony Davidson (GBR) celebrates victory. British Formula Ford Festival, Brands Hatch, England, 20-22 October 2000. World © Batchelor/Sutton

2000

Second in the Formula Ford Zetec British championship with five race victories. Wins the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year award.

Anthony Davidson

1999

Wins the BRSCC Formula Ford Zetec championship, taking six wins, all from pole. Also secures the runner-up placing in the Italian Karting Open Championship.

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