Jamie Davies

Career Highlights:

One of Britain’s most successful single-seater race drivers, Jamie began his
career in karting and achieved instant success, winning the South West England
Championship in his debut year.

After several Championship titles, he progressed to single-seaters and Formula Vauxhall (Opel). His achievements in that formula, including numerous podium finishes, four victories, seven fastest lap records and seven pole positions, resulted in him being awarded in 1994 the coveted BRDC McLaren Autosport Award for young and upcoming drivers. Previous recipients had included F1’s David Coulthard and CART/IRL’s Dario Franchitti.

Two years in the highly competitive British Formula Three Championship followed. His successes and good results were enough to bring him tests for McLaren F1 and the Volvo British Touring Car team, as well as being awarded the Graham Hill Memorial Trophy.

1997 saw Jamie progress to the International Formula 3000 arena, firstly with the DAMS team with whom he achieved one win and several podium finishes. His prowess also brought about his debut in 1998 in international sportscars, driving a Panoz GTR-1. His pairing with Eric Bernard resulted in an excellent 4th place finish at Sebring and, later in the year, with David Brabham and Andy Wallace, a 7th place at the gruelling 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Davies’ third season in F3000 was with the new European Aviation team. 1999 promised much but proved to be frustrating with a lack of results which did not accurately reflect his racing efforts. A 6th place at the Nurburgring was the highlight of the year.

The following two years were character-building due to a lack of a full time drive, but Jamie proved his worth by stepping in for the injured Mario Haberfeld at Fortec and finishing 2nd at the testing Monaco street circuit and scoring the team’s only points of the year in only 3 races. He also renewed his relationship with Panoz and drove for them in the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Last season saw Davies hitting the headlines once again in the British GT Championship. Driving a Veloqx Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena, he captured the GTO Championship title and took four victories, four 2nd and two 3rd places along the way.

He continues the relationship with Veloqx Motorsport who are running the newly re-launched Team Maranello Concessionaires for 2003 in the FIA GT Championship, as well as teaming with Peter Kox and Tomas Enge for the Veloqx Prodrive Racing entries to Sebring and Le Mans.