Anthony Davidson, former Grand Prix racer and world champion, will call time on his racing career after this weekend’s Eight Hours of Bahrain.
It marks the end of a career spanning two decades that led him all the way from Formula One to endurance sportscar racing. How did the Briton’s illustrious career develop? MotorsportWeek.com takes a look.
Davidson began his career as a test driver for BAR His Grand Prix debut came in 2002, replacing Alex Yoong at Minardi for two rounds In 2004, Davidson would move into a role as third driver with BAR, with his cars sometimes sporting unconditional liveries Davidson’s one and only Grand Prix start with BAR came in the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, filling in for an unwell Takuma Sato In 2007, Davidson finally secured a full-time F1 seat when he signed with Super Aguri In 2008, the F1 dream collapsed when Super Aguri withdrew amidst financial woes The start of a sportscar career: joining Aston Martin at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans In 2010 and 2011, Davidson joined Peugeot 2012: his first appearance at Le Mans with Toyota The aftermath of Davidson’s huge Mulsanne crash in 2012 Heartbreak in 2016: Toyota loses a Le Mans win with minutes to spare Victorious upon his final race start with Toyota A move into LMP2 with DragonSpeed For 2019-20, Davidson moved across to JOTA Contesting his final WEC season with JOTA