Anthony Davidson

Anthony’s career began at just 8 years old with the traditional entry level of karting, by 1999 he began single seater racing and the following year won the Formula Ford Festival World Cup and the prestigious McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award. Finishing runner-up in the British F3 championship in 2001 and winning the F3 Euro Cup Series in 2001 set him firmly on his way to the start of a long Formula One career.  

After waiting in the wings as test/reserve driver for BAR Honda for 4 years, Anthony got his first fully confirmed season as driver in November 2006 when he signed with the Super Aguri F1 Team for 2007 and 2008. After the team closed, Anthony returned to action testing for Honda F1 and has continued to work with the team in it’s various guises, as Brawn F1 and now as the Mercedes AMG Petronas Team. 

During 2009 Anthony continued his competitive racing in the Le Mans 24h with Aston Martin Racing in LMP1, paving the way for his step to racing sports cars full time. Competing for Peugeot until they left the championship, he joined the FIA World Endurance Championship for the inaugural year in 2012 with Toyota and has since clocked up an impressive resume of titles including the all important World Championship Win in 2014 with the Japanese marque. 

Following his official retirement from racing in 2021, Anthony has become renowned for his broadcasting work as a valued member of the SkySports F1 commentary team and analyst for the FIA World Endurance Championship. Bringing his wealth of knowledge and experience to any programme he works on, Ant is proving to be the go-to broadcaster in motorsport.  He remains a development driver for the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team, working on the simulator programme.