DAVISON: ‘I FELT NUMB WHEN I GOT THE CALL’
By Bruce Williams
Date posted: 13 August 2020
Will Davison: ‘I felt numb when I got the call’ – Photo: LAT
An emotional Will Davison has revealed the mental challenges he endured after losing his Supercars championship drive in May.
By BRUCE NEWTON
And in an exclusive interview with Auto Action, he has declared himself 100 percent recovered and focussed on regaining a full-time drive in the championship in 2021.
Ahead of that, it is expected he will soon be confirmed as Cameron Waters’ co-driver in the Monster Ford Mustang GT at the Bathurst 1000 in October.
Davison found himself on the outer after Phil Munday’s 23Red Racing was forced to withdraw from the championship amid the coronavirus pandemic, when naming rights sponsor Milwaukee Tools ended its deal early.
Davison has been a constant on the Supercars grid since joining DJR in 2006. Since then he’s raced for HRT, FPR, Erebus and Tekno before joining 23Red. Along the way, he’s won two Bathurst 1000s and collected 17 other race wins in 428 starts.
Davison recounted to AA the moment the news he feared was delivered to him in a phone call from Munday.
“I was out at lunch with my brother Alex and had his kids with us.”
“It was factual information; this (statement) is going out tonight.”
“I suppose in a way a part of me was prepared for it, but it was still a pretty weird feeling. I won’t lie, it was one of those moments I won’t forget, just the shock of it, the reality of it. It finally hit home when he said that.”
“I didn’t really say much for a few hours, I just kept to myself for a little while because I just didn’t know what to say. I just felt a bit numb for a little while.”
Davison says he is now well and truly “out of the hole” and looking forward to securing a 2021 drive.
“The 100 per cent focus is to return to Supercars full-time. I’d be silly not to chase that while I’m genuinely in the peak form of my career,” he concluded.
To read more of our exclusive interview with Will Davison in the latest issue of Auto Action (1792), available right now.
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