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 appearances in Formula One. One of the most polarising figures in Motorsport history, Davies is well known for his fiery temper and frequent outbursts. He is also well known for changing his name to incorporate a middle name ahead of the 2000 season. 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..."

He is no relation to the F1RWRS driver James Davies or his cousin Jordan but he is the son of former sports car driver John Davies.

Early 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. 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.

Davies first came to international prominence when he illegally took part in the 1989 Birmingham SuperPrix at the age of fourteen under the pseudonym of "David James". Davies was given a two year ban by the Motor Sports Association, after it was discovered he was racing under a forged licence. Despite the punishment from the MSA, Formula 3000 organisers declined to put similar sanctions on Davies, stating that the punishment from the MSA was enough, and he had shown himself capable of handling a high-horsepower, high-grip racing car despite his tender age.

Formula One

1998-1999: McLaren

Ahead of the 1998 season, the 23 year-old Davies was named as the second driver at the West McLaren Mercedes team alongside Finnish veteran Mika Häkkinen. It would only take four races for the young Brit to take his first win at McLaren, winning from the front row after his teammate retired in the early stages of the race. This breakthrough galvanised Davies and his manager Don Rennis, who would both make serious claims that Davies would win the 1998 title.

Davies stirred up more controversy after the French Grand Prix, where after finishing second in a solid McLaren one-two performance, Davies would allude to a discrepancy in power between his car and the one driven by Häkkinen. This caused a major argument with him and team principal Ron Dennis which nearly saw the Brit lose his place in the team before his position was secured by minority owner Mansour Ojjeh. McLaren were forced to issue a statement in the aftermath of this incident, which read: "McLaren is fully committed to providing both of our drivers equal equipment and equal treatment for the entirety of their tenures within the team."

Davies would win a further two races after San Marino; taking the flag in Canada and in his home race at the British Grand Prix. Davies would continue to alienate his team and others along the paddock with his frequent outbursts and eventually finished the season in a very distant third position behind Häkkinen and Ferrari's David Coulthard. Davies finished the season equal on points with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher but would secure third by virtue of more second place finishes.

Despite his highly charged 1998 season, Davies remained with McLaren in 1999.

Personal Life

Davies' outlandish persona has made him an incredibly popular personality - with many racing drivers citing him as one of their inspirations in getting into Motorsport - most notably Kay Lon.

In 2017, James James Davies was featured as a guest for the 'Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car' segment on long-running British motoring show, Top Gear. He set the fastest lap of the F1 and F1RWRS drivers to have been guests on the show.

Full Career Results

Formula 1 Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		WDC	Pts
1998	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/13	Mercedes FO110G	AUS 2		BRA 3		ARG Ret		SMR 1		ESP Ret		MON Ret		CAN 1		FRA 2		GBR 1		AUT 4		GER Ret		HUN Ret		BEL Ret		ITA 2		JPN 3		POR Ret								3rd	59
1999	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/14	Mercedes FO110H	AUS 3		BRA 4		SMR Ret		ESP 1		MON DNS		CAN 3		FRA Ret		GBR 2		AUT 2		GER 1		HUN 4		BEL Ret		ITA 11		JPN Ret		USA 15†		POR Ret								6th	46
2000	Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan EJ10 EJ10B	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HD	AUS 7		BRA Ret		SMR 4		FRA Ret		ESP 3		EUR Ret		MON Ret		CAN 2		GBR 4		AUT 1		GER Ret		HUN 1		BEL Ret		ITA Ret		JPN 1		MAL 1		USA 5		POR 2				4th	64
2001	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ11	Honda RA001E	AUS Ret		MAL 8		BRA 8		SMR 2		ESP Ret		AUT 4		MON Ret		CAN INJ		EUR Ret		FRA Ret		GBR 2		GER 5†		HUN Ret		BEL DNS		ITA INJ		USA INJ		JPN INJ						9th	17
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 2	MAL2 1	JPN1 1	JPN2 16	TUR1 Ret	TUR2 1	AUT1 16	AUT2 5	IRE1 1	IRE2 1	MON1 1	MON2 Ret	ESP1 4	ESP2 1	USA1 1	USA2 7	CAN1 Ret	CAN2 1	GBR1 1	GBR2 9	ITA1 4	ITA2 Ret	POR1 Ret	POR2 6	GER1 9	GER2 3	KOR1 9	KOR2 9	IND1 11	IND2 8	ABU1 15	ABU2 1	SIN1 7	SIN2 Ret			1st	417 (422)
2014	DHL Brabham Racing Organisation	BT104	Mercedes PU106A	BAH1 4	BAH2 2	MAL1 4	MAL2 1	BRA1 Ret	BRA2 Ret	MEX1 1	MEX2 Ret	USA1 2	USA2 2	CAN1 Ret	CAN2 11	GBR1 2	GBR2 16	ESP1 3	ESP2 7	AUT1 1	AUT2 Ret	TUR1 4	TUR2 1	GER1 2	GER2 3	POR1 16†	POR2 Ret	ITA1 14	ITA2 Ret	ABU1 3	ABU2 1	IND1 Ret	IND2 7	CHI1 3	CHI2 1	KOR1 7	KOR2 6	JPN1 2	JPN2 Ret	SIN1 5	SIN2 Ret	1st	414
2015	DHL Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham BT105	Mercedes PU104A	BAH I 2	BAH II 7	MAL I Ret	MAL II C	BRA I Ret	BRA II 14	MEX I 12	MEX II 8	USA I Ret	USA II 8	CAN I Ret	CAN II 13	GBR I Ret	GBR II Ret	GER I 11	GER II Ret	ESP I Ret	ESP II 5	RUS I Ret	RUS II Ret	AUT I 17	AUT II Ret	ITA I 5	ITA II 4	CPR I Ret	CPR II 10	ABU I Ret	ABU II 10	IND I 8	IND II 17	JPN I 6	JPN II 10	KOR I 5	KOR II 12	SIN I 8	SIN II Ret	CHN I Ret	CHN II 11	12th	91

F1RICS Results

Year	Team	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	DC	Points
2016	bild-english.de Hasselhoff Motorsport	Panoz DP10	Honda V6T	SAO	SLU	MIA 23	GAT	LBH 3	AUS	POR	INDY 6	MIL	DON	EUR 5	WGI 6	NHA 13	MIC 5	TOR 3	ROA 23	KEN 22	POC 30							11th	64
	Avis Michael Bright Racing	Reynard 16i	Chevrolet V6T																			MON	LAG	SUR	SUZ	TEX	FON