At Le Mans, Davison will share Team Felbermayr-Proton’s #77 Porsche with Wolf Henzler and team-owner Horst Felbermayr Sr, both from Germany, in the GT2 class.
“I know the car and team well from the LMS races, and we’ve been competitive in GT2 all year, so hopefully we can carry some of that form over, ” Davison said.
“It’s going to be a really strong field including a lot of drivers with plenty of Le Mans experience.”
“Finishing the race is our first goal, if we can get onto the GT2 podium it would be a dream result. “
His first taste of the iconic 13.629km Le Mans circuit will come this Sunday, in an official test day, before qualifying for the gruelling 24 Hour classic commences on 11 June.
The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place across Saturday 14 June and Sunday 15 June.
Who is Alex Davison?
Alex Davison is part of one of Australia’s most-famous racing families.
His late-grandfather Lex won the Australian Driver’s Championship and was a four-time Australian Grand Prix winner, in addition to international racing forays including the Le Mans 24 Hour.
Alex’s father Richard raced extensively between the late 1970s and early 1990s, while his brother Will is a rising star in V8 Supercars and his cousin James races in the American Indy Lights Series.
After success in karting, Alex stepped up to the Australian Formula Ford Championship, finishing second in 1999.
At the end of 1999, Alex was selected by Porsche to move to Europe on a junior driver scholarship, racing internationally with the manufacturer until 2003.
In that time, he competed in the German Carrera Cup and Porsche Michelin Supercup, scoring wins at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Hockenheim and Sachsenring circuits, and visited the podium at Monza, Nurburgring and Hungaroring.
Davison’s efforts were recognised by the British Racing Drivers Club in XXXX, when he was awarded the Bruce McLaren Trophy as the Commonwealth driver with the most-meritorious international racing achievements.
Alex returned home in 2004, winning Australian Carrera Cup Championship, and raced in the V8 Supercar Championship in 2005.
In addition to finishing second in the 2006 and 2007 Carrera Cup championships, Davison has impressed in V8 Supercar endurance races, scoring Top 10 finishes at Bathurst in the last two years partnered with rookie drivers.
Alex moved to Germany in early 2008 and is employed as a Porsche-supported driver, contesting the European Le Mans Series.
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