Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson was born in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom on April 18th, 1979 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 45, Anthony Davidson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Anthony Denis Davidson (born 18 April 1979) is a British racing driver currently employed by Toyota Hybrid Racing as a reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
He has competed in Formula One for Minardi and Super Aguri, as well as being a test or reserve driver for the British American Racing, Honda, and Brawn GP teams.
He is also an analyst for the Sky Sports F1 television channel, as a simulator and demonstration pilot for Mercedes AMG Petronas.Davidson, alongside his colleague Sébastien Buemi, was the 2014 WEC World Champion.
Personal life
In Banbury, Oxfordshire, Davidson married Carrie. The couple live in Brackley. Andrew Davidson appeared in the first series of Big Brother in the United Kingdom. As Andrew was scheduled for demolition in week two, housemate Darren nominated him for the following week, with the explanation that his brother was running a race and he wanted to leave the house to see him. Andrew was evicted this week.
He was friends growing up with late Dan Wheldon, who competed in IndyCar.
Driving career
Davidson, who was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, began racing in 1987, competing in various British, European, and North American championships. He has won three British championships (93, 94, 95), one Italian championship, and was runners-up in the Formula A European championship in 1996. He converted to single seater cars, racing Formula Fords, and winning the 1600 cc Kent engine class of the British Formula Ford festival in 1999. He was runner-up in the British Formula Ford championship but went on to win the blue riband Formula Ford Festival in Brands Hatch and scooped the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award the following year.
Davidson competed in the British Formula Three championship with the Carlin team in 2001, finishing second overall to teammate Takuma Sato. His results increased throughout the year, and he defeated Sato from June to the season's end. He has also won the Formula Three Pau Grand Prix, the Spa Masters, and the FIA European Cup.
In late 2000, Davidson became the test pilot for the British American Racing (BAR) Formula One team for the 2001 season. The Minardi team's regular driver Alex Yoong, who had to suspend after failing to qualify for three races, began two races this season. Minardi had intended to bring Justin Wilson inside, but he was too tall. At his two starts in Hungary and Belgium, Davidson's qualifying times were within 0.6 seconds of teammate Mark Webber, but he crashed out of both competitions.
In 2003, he was not allowed to race again, and he continued as a test driver at BAR. Jenson Button, Renault's countryman, joined the team as a racer, and Jacques Villeneuve and Davidson's countryman Jenson Button. Following Villeneuve's departure, Takuma Sato was promoted to the race team, giving Davidson the opportunity to be the third driver. In 2004, BAR were able to run a third car in Friday morning testing, which became Davidson's job. He was often praised for his tempo, and other teams were keen to note his consistent lap times for tyre degradation results. e.g., a.g. After 19 laps, he set his second fastest lap time in Friday practice at Indianapolis.
In November 2004, BAR revealed that it had failed to reach an acceptable contractual agreement with Williams to encourage Davidson to drive for Williams in 2005 because Williams would not consent to his unconditional "repatriation" to BAR in 2006. Given BAR's long-term commitment to Davidson, his chances of winning a race seat for 2005 had been put into doubt. At the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, he was supposed to fill in for an unwell Sato, but his engine died only two laps into the series.
In 2006, Davidson revived his role as BAR's test driver, now owned by Honda and renamed Honda Racing F1. On Friday, BAR's humble beginnings as one of the top four constructors of the previous season were able to run a third car, giving Davidson a bigger role than 2005. He appeared in 2006 as a television commentator for BBC Radio Five Live, replacing Martin Brundle for ITV Sport, the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was won by Jenson Button and the Honda team. In 2008, Davidson returned to Honda for the testing at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, although Honda test pilot Alexander Wurz was racing at Le Mans.
Super Aguri announced on November 15, 2006, that Davidson would join Takuma Sato for the 2007 Formula One season. For the first time, he became a regular Formula One racer.
Davidson was third in third place at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix when his car collided with a groundhog on the straight before the pits, bringing him to 11th place and ending his quest for his first career points. Davidson's rear suspension was broken after a collision with Giancarlo Fisichella, which prompted him to stop racing in Hungary. Davidson finished the season in 23rd place after scoring no points.
Super Aguri retained Davidson alongside teammate Sato for 2008, despite financial challenges that threatened their continued participation in Formula One. However, Super Aguri withdrew from the Championship on May 6, 2008, leaving Davidson without a race seat.
Davidson was named as a Honda test pilot for the remainder of 2008. Due to financial difficulties, Honda pulled out of Formula One on December 5th. Ross Brawn bought out the crew and formed Brawn GP, with Davidson as a test pilot. Engine manufacturers Mercedes-Benz bought Brawn GP out of the equation and renamed the team Mercedes GP on November 16, 2009. Davidson continued to play the role as both a reserve and development catalyst.
For the 2010 F1 season, Davidson was a member of Virgin and Lotus. However, Davidson did not win a 2010 race seat in F1 and instead shifted his attention to racing sports cars. He maintained his long-term relationship with the Mercedes F1 Team in Brackley, swapping roles as reserve and simulator driver in 2010 and 2011 and then transitioning to simulator duties in 2012.
In the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, Davidson competed for the Aston Martin Racing team, as well as Darren Turner and Jos Verstappen. His crew fought Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 in the LMP1 class, finishing 13th overall in the series. He returned to action in the 2010 edition, leading Team Peugeot Total alongside Alexander Wurz and Marc Gené. In the 2010 12 Hours of Sebring, the trio battled for Le Mans by leading a Peugeot 1–2. However, when leading, Peugeot's Le Mans contest, he suffered an engine failure. Following Le Mans, Davidson and Nicolas Minassian raced at Silverstone's 2010 6 Hours of Silverstone, securing the victory for Peugeot Sport. In October 2010, Davidson claimed pole position at Petit Le Mans and went on to finish second with teammates Alex Wurz and Marc Gené.
In 2011, Davidson, Wurz and Gené, and Peugeot Sport's 908 won the Le Mans 24 Hours, finishing 4th in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Davidson, teamed up with Sébastien Bourdais, won the 6 Hours of Imola and the 6 Hours of Zhuhai, giving Peugeot Sport the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) Championship for the second year in a row.
Davidson Davidson negotiated with Toyota to drive the Toyota TS030 Hybrid in the 2012 24 Hours of Mans, with Peugeot pulling out of factory sports car racing. The two cars collided at the end of the Mulsanne Straight five hours into the season, with Davidson cruising the AF Corse Ferrari 458 GTC of Piergiuse Perazzini. The accident brought Davidson's motorcycle sideways before descending on its three remaining wheels before establishing solid contact with the barriers. Davidson jumped out of his car before requesting help; he was later admitted to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with fractured vertebrae of his back to the eleventh and twelfth thoracic vertebrae.
Davidson stayed with Toyota for a full season, winning third place in the drivers' championship and second place in Le Mans, with teammates Buemi and Sarrazin. He stayed with the Toyota factory team and drove Toyota's latest vehicle, the Toyota TS040 Hybrid, through the 2014 season. He won four races and finished third in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and with co-driver Sébastien Buemi, he became the 2014 World Endurance Drivers' Champion. The next two years were less fruitful, with only two third-place finishes and a fifth overall in 2015 and sixth in 2016.
The 2017 FIA World Endurance Championships demonstrated a surge in form, with Davidson and his co-drivers winning five titles and one more podium finish for the Toyota team during the campaign. However, Davidson's campaign, as a result of their sixth-place finish at Le Mans and missing the 2017 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas due to "personal reasons," contributed to the team's placing third in the drivers' championship standings.
Despite his 2017 success, Davidson was the crew member of the number 8 Toyota entry that was relocated to allow Fernando Alonso to compete in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota converted Davidson backward to a test and reserve role, but he did not qualify in the first two races of the'superseason', including the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. He appeared in Silverstone, Germany, in the LMP2 class for American team DragonSpeed, where he finished fourth in class for his first race appearance in 2018.