# Alex Davison

Alexander Davison (born 3 November 1979) is a racing driver from Australia. He was the 2004 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion.

## Junior career

Starting in karts at a young age, he progressed to Formula Ford in 1998 racing a used 1995 Van Diemen RF95. With sponsorship from Wynn's and OAMPS Insurance, Davison upgraded to a year old Van Diemen RF98 for 1999 and finished third in one of the most competitive Australian Formula Ford seasons behind champion Greg Ritter. He had tied on points with Steve Owen in second, but on a countback of race wins, lost second place to Owen, who had five wins to Davison's four. After two years of Formula Ford, Davison's eyes turned to Europe.

## Sports cars
### Manthey Racing

Unable to break into an open-wheel series, Davison found a role with German Sports Car team Manthey Racing. After initially racing Porsche Carrera Cup in the German national series, Davison was promoted to the Porsche Supercup, a pan-European series supporting several legs of the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship and finished sixth, including one victory at Indianapolis. Two more years with Manthey in the German series saw no significant improvement and Davison returned home to Australia during 2003.

### Return to Australia

Back in Australia, Davison made some appearances in the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship. After breaking through for a round win at the end of 2003, Davison dominated the 2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, taking his first and only major championship title to date. Despite having competed in selected V8 Supercars events in 2004 and 2005, Davison was unable to find a full-time role in V8 Supercars, and returned to the Australian Carrera Cup in 2006, joining Paul Cruickshank Racing. He took the seat of outgoing champion Fabian Coulthard and finished second to Craig Baird in the 2006 season. Into 2007, Davison took over the seat Jim Richards vacated from his own team, as Richards concentrated on other series. Davison again finished runner-up this time to David Reynolds.

### Le Mans Series

In 2008, an opportunity to return to Europe beckoned and Davison took up a drive with Team Felbermayr-Proton in the 2008 Le Mans Series season. Despite not winning a single race, Davison and co-driver Marc Lieb finished runner-up in the GT2 class in their Porsche 997 GT3-RSR behind Ferrari F430 GT2 driver Rob Bell. With the same team, Davison also contested the 2008 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Horst Felbermayr, Sr. and Wolf Henzler. They finished fifth in class. Some guest drives in the American Le Mans Series also cropped up, though to no significant success.

### Carrera Cup comebacks

In 2012, Davison drove the Simjen 'Silver Bullet' in a return to Australian Carrera Cup. Davison won the first round of the season at the Adelaide Street Circuit before eventually finishing third in the championship.
In 2016, Davison once again entered the Australian Carrera Cup Championship full-time, winning two of the first four rounds at Albert Park and Hidden Valley Raceway.

## Touring cars
### Perkins Motorsport

Davison's Carrera Cup form led to him join the Perkins Motorsport V8 Supercars team for the 2004 endurance races, sharing Tony Longhurst's regular season car with Jamie Whincup. The pair finished a creditable 9th at the 2004 running of the Bathurst 1000. Davison later replaced Longhurst for the final two sprint events of the year when the veteran left the team. This in turn led to a full-time seat with Perkins in 2005 but with results not forthcoming Davison too found himself replaced before season's end.

### Stone Brothers Racing

Having returned from his European racing exploits, Davison returned to a full-time V8 Supercar seat with Stone Brothers Racing in 2009. The year was largely disappointing, and he finished the year 17th in the standings, with the highlight being a second-place finish at Hidden Valley thanks to a favourable soft tyre strategy. 2010 saw Davison fail to improve, with a ninth-place finish in the opening race of the season at the Clipsal 500 becoming one of only three top ten finishes for the year. He did, however, achieve his maiden pole position on his return to Hidden Valley, but a potential podium finish was scuppered by an electrical failure. Davison improved to finish 11th in the 2011 season, including his second career podium at the opening race of the year at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Despite his better season, Davison was replaced by Lee Holdsworth for 2012.

### Team 18

After spending 2012 in Carrera Cup, Davison was recalled to V8 Supercars in 2013 to drive for Team 18, a newly formed satellite team operating with Ford Performance Racing equipment. Davison had an above average season, finishing 13th overall, peaking with a third place at the Phillip Island event.

### Endurance co-driver

Davison has competed in V8 Supercars as an endurance co-driver on several occasions. In 2006, 2007 and 2012 he raced with Dick Johnson Racing while in 2008 he raced for Paul Cruickshank Racing. On all four occasions, he achieved top ten results at the Bathurst 1000. In 2014 and 2015, Davison entered the endurance races, now combined to form the Enduro Cup, with Erebus Motorsport, who ironically had bought out his former team Stone Brothers Racing. This provided Davison with the opportunity to co-drive with his brother Will Davison and included a 4th-place finish at the 2014 Bathurst 1000. Davison also entered the final sprint round of the 2015 season, the Sydney 500, for Erebus Motorsport as a replacement for Ashley Walsh.
After James Courtney's departure from Team Sydney by Tekno, Alex was drafted in by Jonathon Webb to drive the #19 Local Legends Holden ZB Commodore from the Eastern Creek Round onwards. He would partner Chris Pither (#22) As of 28 November, it is unknown if Davison will remain in his drive for 2021

## Personal life

Davison is the son of Australian Formula 2 champion Richard Davison, grandson of four times Australian Grand Prix winner Lex Davison and brother to Will Davison. His uncle Jon Davison, and cousins James Davison and Charlie Davison also are linked with the sport. He has 2 children Luke Davison and Lily Davison and has been married to Melanie Davison since 2010.

## Career results
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Position |
| 1994 | Victorian Junior Karter of the Year award | 1st |
| 1995 | Victorian Junior Kart Championship | 1st |

### Circuit racing career summary

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 1998 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 7th | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Richard Davison |
| 1999 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Van Diemen RF98 Ford | Richard Davison |
| 1999 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Van Diemen RF98 Ford | Richard Davison |
| 1999 | Formula Ford Festival | 13th | Van Diemen RF9 Ford | Mick Gardner Racing |
| 2000 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 10th | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | PZM Team Valier |
| 2001 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 6th | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Manthey Racing |
| 2002 | Porsche Supercup | 6th | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Manthey Racing |
| 2002 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 8th | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Manthey Racing |
| 2003 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 5th | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Manthey Racing |
| 2004 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 1st | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Greg Murphy Racing |
| 2004 | Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series | 36th | Holden VX Commodore | Perkins Engineering |
| 2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 38th | Holden VX Commodore | Perkins Engineering |
| 2005 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 33rd | Holden VY Commodore | Perkins Engineering |
| 2006 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 2nd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Paul Cruickshank Racing |
| 2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 42nd | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2007 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 2nd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Jim Richards Racing |
| 2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 36th | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2008 | Le Mans Series GT2 Class | 2nd | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Team Felbermayr-Proton |
| 2008 | American Le Mans Series GT2 Class | 26th | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Flying Lizard Motorsports Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport |
| 2008 | Sepang 12 Hours | 1st | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Team Porsche Club Singapore |
| 2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 17th | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 21st | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 11th | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2012 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | McElrea Racing |
| 2012 | V8SuperTourer Championship | 50th | Ford FG Falcon | International Motorsport |
| 2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 42nd | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2013 | V8SuperTourers Championship | 18th | Ford FG Falcon | MPC Motorsport |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 13th | Ford FG Falcon | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing |
| 2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 37th | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 37th | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2016 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 2nd | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Buik Motorsport |
| 2017 | Supercars Championship | 49th | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2018 | Supercars Championship | 40th | Ford FG X Falcon | 23Red Racing |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | 7th | Porsche 911 RSR | Gulf Racing UK |
| 2018–19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE | 17th | Porsche 911 RSR | Gulf Racing UK |
| 2019 | Supercars Championship | 32nd | Ford Mustang GT | 23Red Racing |
| 2020 | Supercars Championship | 23rd | Holden ZB Commodore | Team Sydney by Tekno |
| 2021 | Supercars Championship | 36th | Ford Mustang GT | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | 8th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 992 | Scott Taylor Motorsport |
| 2023 | Supercars Championship | 35th | Ford Mustang GT | Dick Johnson Racing |

### Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Position | Points |
| 2004 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden VY Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | EAS R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | PUK R6 | HDV R7 | HDV R8 | HDV R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | QLD R13 | WIN R14 | ORA R15 | <>ORA R16 | SAN R17 | BAT R18 | SUR R19 | SUR R20 | SYM R21 | SYM R22 | SYM R23 | EAS R24 | EAS R25 | EAS R26 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PUK R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | EAS R9 | EAS R10 | SHA R11 | SHA R12 | SHA R13 | HDV R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | QLD R17 | ORA R18 | ORA R19 | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | SYM R25 | SYM R26 | SYM R27 | PHI R28 | PHI R29 | PHI R30 | | | | | | |
| 2021 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | SAN R3 | SAN R4 | SAN R5 | SYM R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | BEN R9 | BEN R10 | BEN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | TOW1 R15 | TOW1 R16 | TOW2 R17 | TOW2 R18 | TOW2 R19 | SMP1 R20 | SMP1 R21 | SMP1 R22 | SMP2 R23 | SMP2 R24 | SMP2 R25 | SMP3 R26 | SMP3 R27 | SMP3 R28 | SMP4 R29 | SMP4 R30 | BAT2 R31 10 | | | | 36th | 156 |
| 2022 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | MEL R8 | MEL R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | HID R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | TOW R19 | TOW R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | PUK R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | BAT R30 Ret | SUR R31 | SUR R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | NC | 0 |
| 2023 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT S650 | NEW R1 | NEW R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | BEN R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | SAN R23 7 | BAT R24 16 | SUR R25 | SUR R26 | ADE R27 | ADE R28 | | | | | | | 35th | 0 |

### Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2004 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VX | Jamie Whincup | 9th | 160 |
| 2005 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | Allan Simonsen | 20th | 129 |
| 2006 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | Grant Denyer | 9th | 161 |
| 2007 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BF | Andrew Thompson | 8th | 161 |
| 2008 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BF | Fabian Coulthard | 10th | 161 |
| 2009 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon FG | Shane van Gisbergen | 13th | 161 |
| 2010 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon FG | David Brabham | 13th | 161 |
| 2011 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon FG | David Brabham | 16th | 161 |
| 2012 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | James Moffat | 10th | 161 |
| 2013 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Ford Falcon FG | John McIntyre | 13th | 161 |
| 2014 | Erebus Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Will Davison | 4th | 161 |
| 2015 | Erebus Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Will Davison | 12th | 161 |
| 2017 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Alex Rullo | 15th | 159 |
| 2018 | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | Will Davison | 19th | 159 |
| 2019 | 23Red Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Will Davison | 10th | 161 |
| 2020 | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | Jonathon Webb | 12th | 161 |
| 2021 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Will Davison | 10th | 161 |
| 2022 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Will Davison | DNF | 141 |
| 2023 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Will Davison | 16th | 161 |

### Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2001 | HP Racing Team | ITA1 | ESP | AUT | MON | GER1 5 | GBR | GER2 | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2001 | Carlin | | | | | | | | HUN 5 | BEL | ITA2 | USA1 | USA2 | NC | 0 |
| 2002 | Manthey Racing | ITA1 19 | ESP DNS | AUT Ret | MON 9 | GER1 Ret | GBR 4 | GER2 7 | HUN 2 | BEL 6 | ITA2 2 | USA1 1 | USA2 3 | 6th | 117 |
| 2003 | Walter Lechner Racing | ITA1 | ESP 6 | AUT | MON | GER1 | GBR | GER2 | HUN | BEL | ITA2 | USA1 | USA2 | NC | 0 |

### Complete American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2003 | P. K. Sport | GT | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | SEB | ATL | SON 15 | TRO 13 | MOS | AME 14 | MON | MIA | PET | | | NC | - |
| 2008 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GT2 | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | SEB 2 | STP | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 34 |
| 2008 | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports | GT2 | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | | | LNB 5 | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | DET | PET | MON | 17th | 34 |
$^†$ Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2008 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Horst Felbermayr Wolf Henzler | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 309 | 27th | 5th |
| 2018 | Gulf Racing | Mike Wainwright Ben Barker | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 283 | 40th | 10th |

### European Le Mans Series results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | PTS |
| 2018 | Gulf Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE | LEC Ret | MNZ | RBR | SIL 5 | SPA | ALG | 7th | 10 |