Carson Davenport
Carson Davenport
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Carson Davenport (born 8 December 1987) is a Portuguese virtual racing driver currently competing in the 2024 Mazda MX5 Challenge for K8ley Racing. Davenport previously raced in Formula Virtual for Lucas, FUN, Phoenix, Cheema and Scuderia Meteor, and was also FIRST's reserve driver. He also raced in the 2022 eVirtual World Championship for Arrow Mercedes eRacing.
Personal life
Davenport was born on 8 December 1987 in Alcabideche. The parish is located near the Autodromo de Estoril, which hosted Formula 1 races up until 1996. Davenport stated in a interview for the BBC that his love of racing began after his dad took him to watch his first F1 race when he was 8 at the Estoril circuit.
Career
Early career
At nine years of age he began his karting career winning a few local championships and one national championship. At the age of 14 he began competing in Formula Renault UK 2.0 coming second in the championship. He moved to the British Formula 3 championship two years later. He participated in the Virtual Rally Championship from 2006 to 2008. In 2009 he began to race in GP2 for new team Lucas Wilson Racing. The team only competed for two years, but Davenport had become a protege for the team. He returned to the Virtual Rally Championship in 2011, but was injured on Round 16, two rounds before the end, after his car flipped over after missing an apex. He took a year off in 2012.
Formula Virtual (2013-2023)
In 2013 he re-joined his old mate, Lucas Wilson, at his new V-Prix team, Lucas Wilson GP.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Formula Virtual | Lucas Wilson Sony Grand Prix | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 7th |
2014 | Formula Virtual | Syco Lucas Grand Prix | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 13th |
2015 | Formula Virtual | Finland's Ultimate Nordic FV Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18th |
2016 | Formula Virtual | Finland's Ultimate Nordic FV Team | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 146 | 5th |
2017 | Formula Virtual | Finland's Ultimate Nordic FV Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
2018 | Formula Virtual | Phoenix Motorsport FV Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17th |
2019 | Formula Virtual | Cheema FV Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
Lucas V-Prix | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
2020 | Formula Virtual | Lucas V-Prix | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd |
2021 | Formula Virtual | BPMS Scuderia Meteor | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
2022 | Formula Virtual | FIRST Motorsport | Reserve driver | ||||||
eVirtual | Arrow Mercedes eRacing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25th | |
2023 | Formula Virtual | FIRST Motorsport | Reserve driver | ||||||
2024 | MX5 | K8ley Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | N/A* |
* Season in progress.
Complete Formula Virtual results
(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete eVirtual results
(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Arrow Mercedes eRacing | AUS 15 |
CHN 8 |
MAC Ret |
JPN Ret |
ITA 19 |
NED 16 |
MON 21 |
GBR 11 |
MOR 14 |
MEX 6 |
AME 21 |
USA Ret |
25th | 12 |
Complete Mazda MX5 Challenge results
(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | K8ley Racing | ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
N/A* | 0* |
* Season in progress.