James James Davies

This page is about the F1RGP2C driver James James Davies. For the unrelated driver who competed in F1RWRS, please visit James Davies (F1RWRS driver).

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James James Davies, more commonly known as just James Davies, or as JJD, is a British racing driver best known for his career, encompassing 2 LGPS championships (1992, 1993), the 1998 F1RGP2C championship, as well as Formula 1, as well as his various feuds with fellow drivers, and team bosses. The most notable feuds Davies has had include John Zimmer, Daniel Moreno, and Andreas Stefano. He is also known for changing his name to incorporate a middle name midway through the 1998 season. He is no relation to the F1RWRS driver James Davies or his cousin Jordan.

He is the son of former sports car driver John Davies.

When asked why he changed his middle name to James via deed poll, James responded "I figured that James sounded so good I might as well have people say it twice..."

Pre-LifeGP Career

Born in Monmouth, Davies got his first taste of racing at the age of 6, at a friend's birthday party. Although he quickly displayed an incredible talent, winning the race with remarkable ease, his father was initially against James beginning a racing career due to suffering some serious crashes during his own career, most notably his career-ending crash in 1979. However, he eventually relented when James saved up his pocket money and went to a karting track without his parents permission when he was 12. Although he didn't have enough for the bus home and had to be picked up by his parents, he did set the lap record on the children's course - which incidentally still stands today. Although he was grounded for 6 months after that, James was bought a kart for his 13th birthday. Within 2 years he had promptly demolished anything even remotely resembling competition in the domestic kart scene, and was strongly being considered being moved straight to Formula 3.

LifeGP Career

However, this was still not enough to remove all his father's doubts, and so James made a bet with him: he would enter for one race in the newly formed Life Grand Prix Series, and should he not be one of the leading drivers, he would end his career immediately. As LifeGP lacked age restrictions, this made Davies at 15 the youngest driver in the series by far.

Any doubts over Davies' career were quickly erased in the first race, as he dominated the race, only to lose out with a late-race car failure. His father relented, and James prepared to run the full schedule, completing his school work in between each race. However, the story of his first international race would be largely the story of Davies' season, as he would only finish twice all season before the team's money and his patience ran out after the 13th race. He then switched over to British F3, where the higher build quality ensured he was able to make good on his speed and win most of the time.

He then continued in British F3 for 1992, and was leading easily when he got a call from Good Call Racing, inviting him to return to Life GP in place of the very disappointing Evelyn Gomes with a substantial paycheck. Not keen to let unfinished business stay that way, Davies accepted the offer, and promptly sat on the pole for the first 4 races of his comeback, finally winning his second race in the series when the car actually held together for the duration at Mid-Ohio, with practically no opposition. He continued his form at the next two races, winning at Phoenix and Mine with ease, to make him a serious title contender by the time the season finale came along.

As in the 3 previous races, Davies qualified on pole, and proceeded to dominate in the rain, even as conditions grew more and more treacherous. This continued until Davies, unsighted, crashed into the back of his teammate, Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler. Voeckler had yet to pit for tyres, and so was leading at the time - as the red flag was thrown, it seemed that Davies' title challenge had crumbled into dust, as with only half-points being given out, he did not have enough to overhaul Dave Wilson. That was until the results were pushed back one lap in a controversial decision, allowing Davies the extra 2 points he needed to take the title by half a point.

Davies' title defence began in the worst possible way, as he was once again leading dominantly in the season opening Argentine round, only to crash and miss the next 4 races due to injury. While James recovered, his father pleaded with him to stop racing before he permanently injured himself. Naturally, James took no notice and completed the season. It bore more resemblance to his 1991 campaign, with far more mechanical problems and crashes, as Davies spent most of the season behind Vic Sunset, however, a strong 2nd place at the penultimate round of the season secured Davies' place as the only 2-time champion in LGPS history.

Full Career Results

Life GP Results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
1991	Team James Davies	ESP Ret	AND Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	AUT 2	CZE 1	GER Ret	SWE Ret	BEL Ret	SUI Ret	LUX Ret	EUR Ret	GBR Ret	ENG	POR	USE	USW	JPN			7th	25
1992	Foster's Good Call Racing	ARG	BRA	ESP	FRA	ITA	AUT	CZE	FIN	GER	SUI	BEL	NED	ENG Ret	GBR Ret	CAN Ret	USE 1	USW 1	JPN 1	AUS 1*		1st	46.5
1993	Foster's Good Call Racing	ARG Ret	BRA INJ	VEN INJ	USA INJ	CAN INJ	IRE 6†	GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER Ret	POL 1	AUT 4	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	NAM Ret	JAP 1	MAL Ret	IND Ret	NZL Ret	AUS 2	MAC Ret	1st	52

F1RGP2C Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Pts
1994	Broker Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C13	Mercedes-Benz 2175B V10	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	SMR 6	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN 3	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 7	POR Ret	EUR 10	JPN 8*	AUS Ret		14th	7
1995	Malboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/10	Mercedes FO 110 3.0 V10	BRA 7	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	MON 3	ESP 6	CAN 9	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 3	ITA 7	POR 6	EUR Ret	JPN 8	PAC 6	AUS 6	9th	13
1996	Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/11	Mercedes FO 110/3 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 3	LUX Ret	SMR INJ	MON INJ	ESP INJ	CAN INJ	USA INJ	FRA INJ	GBR INJ	GER INJ	HUN INJ	BEL INJ	ITA INJ	JPN INJ		12th	4
1997	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/12	Mercedes FO 110/3 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 1	SMR 2	MON 5	ESP 4	CAN Ret	USA 6	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 3	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	AUT 18*	JPN 3		6th	30
1998	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-13	Mercedes FO110G	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 2	SMR 1	ESP 1	MON Ret	CAN 1	GBR 1	USA Ret	FRA 1	AUT 1	GER 1	HUN 1	BEL 1	ITA 8	JPN 1		1st	106

Formula 1 Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	DC	Pts
2010	Petronas Mercedes Team Europe	MGP 001	Mercedes FO 108X	BAH1	BAH2	USA1	USA2	JPN1	JPN2	AUS1	AUS2	TUR1	TUR2	EUR1	EUR2	MON1	MON2	GBR1	GBR2	IRE1	IRE2	GER1	GER2	ESP1	ESP2	ITA1	ITA2	HUN1	HUN2	SIN1	SIN2	KOR1	KOR2	BRA1	BRA2	URU1	URU2	ABU1 3	ABU2 18	23rd	15
2011	Petronas Mercedes Team Europe	MGP W02	Mercedes FO 108Y	BAH1 3	BAH2 11	USA1 Ret	USA2 5	JPN1 Ret	JPN2 INJ	KOR1 14	KOR2 6	TUR1 Ret	TUR2 1	ESP1 11	ESP2 Ret	MON1 5	MON2 7	GBR1 4	GBR2 7	IRE1 4	IRE2 2	EUR1 5	EUR2 6	GER1 12	GER2 Ret	HUN1 6	HUN2 8	ITA1 15	ITA2 15	URU1 EX	URU2 EX	BRA1 EX	BRA2 8	SIN1	SIN2	IND1	IND2	ABU1	ABU2	13th	146
2012	Lola Cars F1	T12/30	Renault RS27-2012	BAH1 2	BAH2 13	MAL1 Ret	MAL2 Ret	JPN1 4	JPN2 14	KOR1 20	KOR2 7	TUR1 5	TUR2 Ret	EUR1 EX	EUR2 EX	MON1 7	MON2 8	GBR1 8	GBR2 Ret	CAN1 8	CAN2 7	USA1 11	USA2 2	GER1 Ret	GER2 5	ESP1 8	ESP2 16	ITA1 5	ITA2 19	ABU1 18	ABU2 5	IND1 6	IND2 6	URU1 9	URU2 4	BRA1 Ret	BRA2 3	SIN1 4	SIN2 1	10th	198
2013	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F1310	Ferrari Type 057	BAH1 1	BAH2 3	MAL1	MAL2	JPN1	JPN2	TUR1	TUR2	AUT1	AUT2	IRE1	IRE2	MON1	MON2	ESP1	ESP2	USA1	USA2	CAN1	CAN2	GBR1	GBR2	ITA1	ITA2	POR1	POR2	GER1	GER2	KOR1	KOR2	IND1	IND2	ABU1	ABU2	SIN1	SIN2	1st*	41*

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