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Will Davison
Davison in 2025
Nationality	Australian
Born	30 August 1982 (1982-08-30) (age 43) Melbourne, Australia
Relatives	Lex Davison (grandfather) Alex Davison (brother) James Davison (cousin)
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Current team	Dick Johnson Racing
Championships	0
Races	599
Wins	22
Podiums	88
Pole positions	29
2024 position	9th (1812 pts)

William Davison (born 30 August 1982) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No.17Ford Mustang GT forDick Johnson Racing in theRepco Supercars Championship. Davison is a two-time winner of theBathurst 1000, in2009 and2016.

Having won theVictorian title in 2000, Davison won the2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship, competing against futureIndyCar driverWill Power andLeanne Ferrier.

Taking a common route toFormula One, Davison packed up and moved toBuckinghamshire inEngland where he competed in the 2002British Formula Renault Championship, finishing fourth in the series. In 2003 he moved up to theBritish Formula 3 Championship withAlan Docking Racing but an enforced mid-year change of teams to Menu F3 did not help his campaign. Davison continued with Menu F3 into 2004 but his campaign was cut short for financial reasons.

In 2004, Davison tested aMinardi Formula One car with fellow AustralianWill Power at theMisano World Circuit inItaly, organised by Minardi's Australian team owner,Paul Stoddart.^[1]

During his time between Formula 3 and V8 Supercar seats, Davison drove forA1 Team Australia in the inaugural season of theA1 Grand Prix, where he was once again racing for Alan Docking Racing. During the season he experienced many ups and downs, including being involved in various incidents outside his own control. The positives for the season were two sixth-place finishes in both thePortuguese andAustralian feature races.

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In 2004, Davison made his first appearance in Australia's premiertouring car series, V8 Supercars, driving a third car forTeam Dynamik atWinton. However, it was an inauspicious debut as he only managed to complete a single lap before retiring.^[2] He then reappeared in the next round atOran Park before co-driving withDale Brede in the endurance events, theSandown 500 andBathurst 1000, with the latter event marking his final appearance of the season.^[3]

In 2005, Davison was not able to find a full-time drive. However, he did appear at Sandown and Bathurst, where he drove forDick Johnson Racing, co-driving withSteven Johnson in the No. 17WestpointFalcon. By mid-November 2005, Davison had been signed as a full-time driver for Dick Johnson Racing, set to pilot the team's No. 18 Falcon in 2006.

For Davison, 2006 was a quiet year as Davison was plagued by technical difficulties. He recorded only modest results, with a fourth place with team-mate Steven Johnson at Sandown being his lone highlight. He finished 19th in the championship. In 2007, Davison continued to drive the No. 18 Falcon under the team's new naming rights sponsor,Jim Beam. In the 2007 endurance races, Davison partnered with Steven Johnson for the third straight year, with the duo scoring a third place at Bathurst.^[4] He finished 10th in the championship.

Davison remained at the team to race the No. 18 Falcon in 2008, winning his first championship race and round atEastern Creek Raceway the second round of 2008. It was the team's first round victory in seven years.^[3] Davison also scored a further 2 podiums in the year, one of these with teammate Steven Johnson at thePhillip Island 500. He finished a career-high 5th in the championship.

In 2009, Davison moved to theHolden Racing Team to drive the No. 22Holden VE Commodore. This was Davison's best year to date; he finished 2nd in the championship after collecting a round win at theSandown Challenge, a race win atQueensland Raceway and a rare endurance double at the Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000, driving withGarth Tander. This provided Davison with his first Bathurst victory. He also scored several other podiums during the year and won theBarry Sheene Medal at the post-season awards night.^[5]

In 2010, Davison continued with HRT, but technical issues and bad luck plagued him throughout the entire year and he finished the championship in 22nd place.^[3] Midway through the season, Davison decided to end his relationship with Holden Racing Team and signed withFord Performance Racing for 2011 to drive the No. 6Trading Post FPR Falcon.^[6]

2011 saw Davison regain his form as a front runner, with four pole positions and six podiums. Although unable to break through for a win, he ended the season 7th in the championship.

2012 started on a high note: after 11 starts and 6 wins, including winning theClipsal 500 Adelaide for the first time, Davison was the leader of the series, albeit involved in a very tight battle for the championship withJamie Whincup and his FPR teammateMark Winterbottom. However, after a stroke of bad luck in the endurance races, despite scoring his maiden Bathurst 1000 pole position, Davison only managed to finish fourth overall.

2013 once again ended in disappointment for Davison, with a number of racing incidents transpiring to ruin his championship ambitions causing him to finish third in the standings behind theTriple Eight Racing duo ofCraig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup.

Davison confirmed in early 2014 that he would be joiningErebus Motorsport on a four-year contract.^[7] Driving aMercedes-Benz E63 AMG, he finished 14th in 2014 and 15th in 2015, collecting just one win, at the2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint, and six top five results. In both years, Davison drove with his brotherAlex in theEnduro Cup, narrowly missing a Bathurst podium in 2014. Financial pressures on the team resulted in Davison being given permission in mid-2015 to negotiate a drive elsewhere.^[8]

Davison moved toTekno Autosports in 2016, returning to Holden for the first time since 2010.^[9] The move brought Davison near-immediate success, winning the second round of the year, theTasmania SuperSprint.^[10] After a lean patch in the middle of the year, Davison returned to form at the Enduro Cup, finishing third at Sandown withJonathon Webb. At the Bathurst 1000, Davison achieved an even better result, capitalising on late drama between the race leaders to take his second Bathurst crown, despite not leading any laps.^[11]

Davison contested the Supercars Championship with23Red Racing from 2018 through to the demise of the team in 2020.

In 2020, it was announced that Davison would sign forDick Johnson Racing in the2021 Supercars Championship racing alongsideAnton de Pasquale.^[12]

Davison has competed multiple times in theBathurst 12 Hour, with a best result of 3rd in2014 in an Erebus Motorsport-preparedMercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

His grandfatherLex Davison won theAustralian Grand Prix four times and also won the1957 Australian Drivers' Championship. His father Richard Davison was the winner of the1980 Australian Formula 2 Championship and his brotherAlex Davison has won numerous titles including the2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship as well as also competing in Supercars for several years. Continuing the family tradition, cousinJames Davison has competed in theIndyCar Series and theRolex Sports Car Series. His grandmotherDiana Davison was one of the first female racing drivers in Australia. His stepgrandfatherTony Gaze was a decorated fighter pilot in World War II and also a Formula One driver.

Davison is married to Riana Crehan as of early 2020, a pit reporter for Supercars Media.

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Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2004	Team Dynamik	Holden Commodore VY	Dale Brede	DNF	49
2005	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Steven Johnson	19th	133
2006	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Steven Johnson	DNF	27
2007	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Steven Johnson	3rd	161
2008	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Steven Johnson	6th	161
2009	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VE	Garth Tander	1st	161
2010	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VE	David Reynolds	DNF	152
2011	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Luke Youlden	18th	161
2012	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	John McIntyre	24th	143
2013	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steve Owen	7th	161
2014	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Alex Davison	4th	161
2015	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Alex Davison	12th	161
2016	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VF	Jonathon Webb	1st	161
2017	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VF	Jonathon Webb	14th	159
2018	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Alex Davison	19th	159
2019	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Alex Davison	10th	161
2020	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Cam Waters	2nd	161
2021	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Alex Davison	10th	161
2022	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Alex Davison	DNF	141
2023	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Alex Davison	16th	161
2024	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Kai Allen	12th	161

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Erebus Motorsport	Greg Crick Jack Le Brocq	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	A	296	3rd	3rd
2016	Tekno Autosports	Robert Bell Andrew Watson	McLaren 650S GT3	AP	292	9th	8th
2017	Scott Taylor Motorsports	Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls	McLaren 650S GT3	APA	268	20th	6th
2018	Competition Motorsports	David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Alex Davison	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	271	4th	2nd

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2022	Bruce Lynton BMW	Beric Lynton Tim Leahey	BMW M3 F80	X	119	27th	8th
2023	Bruce Lynton BMW	Beric Lynton Tim Leahey	BMW M3 F80	X	112	6th	6th
2024	Bruce Lynton BMW	Beric Lynton Tim Leahey	BMW M3 F80	X	112	3rd	3rd
2025	Bruce Lynton BMW	Beric Lynton Tim Leahey	BMW M3 F80	X	122	4th	3rd

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