James Davison

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James Davison 2018
Davison in the 2008 Indy Lights

James Davison (born August 28, 1986 in Melbourne ) is an Australian racing driver . He comes from an Australian racing family.

Career

In 2004 Davison began his motorsport career in the Victorian and Australian Formula Ford . In 2005 he moved to North America and competed in the US Formula BMW . He won a race and finished sixth in the drivers' championship. In 2006 he took part in the Atlantic Championship . While his teammate Simon Pagenaud won the championship title, Davison finished the season in 17th place.

In 2007 Davison moved to the Star Mazda Series . He won a race and was runner-up behind Dane Cameron . In 2008 he started for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the Indy Lights . He won a race and finished the season in ninth place, while his teammates Richard Antinucci and Ana Beatriz finished second and third. In 2009 Davison switched to Vision Racing and contested his second Indy Lights season. He decided a race for himself. With 447 to 545 points, he was runner- up behind JR Hildebrand .

Davison has been without a fixed cockpit since 2010. From 2010 to 2012 he competed in a total of five races in the Rolex Sports Car Series . In addition, at the end of 2011 he completed IndyCar test drives for Andretti Autosport . In 2012 and 2013 he took part in a total of five races in the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup .

In 2013 he made his debut for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series and took part in two races. A 15th place was his best result. He also drove three races in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge . In 2014 Davison competed for The Racer's Group in the GTD class of the United SportsCar Championship (USCC). He reached the 21st place in the GTD ranking. He also took part in four races of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and won one race. In addition, Davison competed for KV Racing Technology at the Indianapolis 500 . In 2015 , Davison stayed with The Racer's Group in the USCC. After the eighth race, he finished tenth in the GTD classification. In addition, Davison competes in the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge . After the seventh race weekend he was in fifth place in the GT classification. Davison also took part in the Indianapolis 500 for Dale Coyne Racing in 2015 .

Personal

Davison comes from an Australian racing family. His grandparents Lex and Diane , his father Jon and his uncle Richard and his cousins Alex and Will Davison were or are all racing drivers. Was also Tony Gaze , the first Australian Formula 1 -Fahrer, his step-grandfather.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2015: Pirelli World Challenge , GT (4th place)
  • 2015 : IndyCar Series (38th place)
  • 2016: Pirelli World Challenge, GT (7th place)
  • 2017 : IndyCar Series (35th place)
  • 2018 : IndyCar Series (40th place)
  • 2019 : IndyCar Series (28th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th Points rank
2013 Dale Coyne Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 27 32.
                          15th 18th        
2014 KV Racing Technology STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER   34 29
        16 28                            
2015 Dale Coyne Racing STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM       10 38.
          27                          
2017 Dale Coyne Racing STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM     21st 35.
          20 ° 33                        
2018 Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM     10 40.
33 19
2019 Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd and Belardi STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA GOAL IOW MDO POC STL POR LAG     36 28.
12 15

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Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2014 United StatesUnited States The Racer's Group Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 United StatesUnited States Al Carter United StatesUnited States David Block Rank 45
2015 United StatesUnited States TRG-AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 DenmarkDenmark Christina Nielsen United StatesUnited States Brandon Davis Rank 16

Web links

Commons : James Davison  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "IndyCar - Davison is allowed to test for Andretti" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 8, 2011)
  2. ↑ “DRIVERS: TONY GAZE” (grandprix.com; accessed November 10, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Davison, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia