Will Davison

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Will Davison (born August 30, 1982 in Melbourne) is an Australian racing driver. He won the 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship where fellow competitors were Will Power (now in champ cars) and Leanne Tander (nee Ferrier).

Taking a common route to Formula One, Davison picked up and moved to Buckinghamshire in England where he competed in the 2002 British Formula Three Championship for fellow Australians, Alan Docking Racing. He placed fourth. After changing teams in 2003 he placed 8th and only competed in part of the 2004 version due to funding issues. In 2005, he raced in several V8 Supercar races back in Australia as a support driver with Dick Johnson Racing.

His grandfather Lex Davison won the Australian Grand Prix four times. His brother Alex Davison is also a racing driver and has won numerous National titles including The Porsche Cup. Continuing the family tradition, cousin James Davison is currently racing in a Team Australia Jnr position after competing the 2005 Victorian Formula Ford series.

During his time between Formula 3 and V8 supercar seats, Davison drove for A1 Team Australia in the inaugural season of the A1 Grand Prix where he was again under Alan Docking racing. In this time he experienced many ups and downs with many instances where he was taken out of a race due to no fault of his own. On the ups his highest finishing position was 6th at both the Portuguese and Australian rounds, where despite a rocky start in Portugal, proved vital in scoring points for the team.

Davison's immediate future is now secure after signing with V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing, replacing Glenn Seton for 2006.

Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Stone Brothers Racing Holden Racing Team Tasman Motorsport Ford Performance Racing Jack Daniel's Racing WPS Racing
1 Russell Ingall
4 James Courtney		 2 Mark Skaife
22 Todd Kelly		 3 Jason Richards
23 Andrew Jones		 5 Mark Winterbottom
6 Jason Bright		 7 Steven Richards
11 Paul Dumbrell		 8 Max Wilson
10 Jason Bargwanna
Team BOC Toll HSV Dealer Team Dick Johnson Racing Paul Cruickshank Racing Fujitsu Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport
12 John Bowe
14 Brad Jones		 15 Rick Kelly
16 Garth Tander		 17 Steven Johnson
18 Will Davison		 20 Marcus Marshall 25 Warren Luff
26 Jose Fernandez		 33 Lee Holdsworth
34 Dean Canto
Team Sirromet Wines Supercheap Auto Racing Autobarn Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Team Kiwi Racing
39 Alan Gurr
39 Fabian Coulthard
67 Paul Morris		 50 Cameron McConville
51 Greg Murphy		 55 Steve Owen 88 Jamie Whincup
888 Craig Lowndes		 021 Paul Radisich
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