Lex Davison

Alexander Nicholas "Lex" Davison (born 12 February 1923 in Melbourne, died 20 February 1965 in Sandown) was an Australian racing driver. One of the most successful Australian drivers of all time, Davison won the national hillclimb championship three times, the Australian Grand Prix four times and the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1957. Beginning his career in 1947, his first experience outside Australia came at the 1950 Indianapolis 500 as one of two Australian drivers competing for Ecurie Australie. Davison qualified 34th, when only 33 drivers could start.

After a guest drive for Motorsport Bleu at the 1952 Australian Grand Prix, Davison decided to spend a season racing in Europe, competing for Balkan Eagle and EMW, but without any success. He was then hired as the driver for the aborted Scuderia Australasia team in 1955. In both cases, he failed to start a race. In 1956, he attended the Scottish and British Grands Prix as a spectator, and following the injuries of Maurice Trintignant and Colin Chapman, he was asked to fill in at Team Lotus for the remainder of the season.

In 1965, he was killed during a accident in practice at Sandown Raceway when he suffered a heart attack at the wheel, left the track and crashed through a barrier. He was only 42 years old.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1950	Ecurie Australie	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Cummins 3.0 L6C	GBR	MON	500 DNQ	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA					NC	0
1952	Motorsport Bleu	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	MON	ENG	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA	USA	AUS Ret		NC	0
1953	Balkan Eagle	Alfa Romeo AR160	Maserati 200F 2.0 L6	MON DNPQ	NED			GBR DNPQ							NC	0
	Rennkollektiv EMW	EMW 01	Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10			BEL DNPQ	FRA DNPQ		GER DNQ	SUI DNQ	ITA DNPQ	USA
1955	Scuderia Australasia	Cooper T41	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON DNPQ		BEL DNPQ	GBR DNA	SCO DNA	SOV	ITA					NC	0
		Aston Martin AM-04			FRA DNPQ
1956	Team Lotus	Lotus 10	BCMA A/AS Griffin 3.0 L6	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR 12	ITA Ret	THA Ret		NC	0
1958	L. Davison	Lotus 10	Ferrari DS50 2.5 L4	AUS 5	MON	FRA	NED	BEL	GER	GBR	POR	ITA	MAR	USA	13th*	2*

* denotes season still in progress