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Davidson confident for 2006

Anthony Davidson says the imminent conclusion to 'Buttongate II' should not affect his spot on the 2006 formula one racing grid. The BAR tester, who had targeted Jenson Button's vacant seat in the hope his countryman could not find a compromise with Sir Frank Williams, is also linked with a BMW - even a Grove - cockpit.

But Davidson, 26, is most likely to race with 'Midland' after last week testing a Jordan. The little Englishman told ITV: "I don't know where I'll be. But I'm confident I'll be on the grid. I'm obviously still talking to all the teams I was talking to beforehand, but we will have to see what happens."

The driver nicknamed 'Ant', however, dropped a pretty big hint that his 2006 home will be one of those not affected by Button's motion either way.

Davidson insisted that, unlike the rest of the F1 world, he is not waiting with bated breath for the Button announcement that is expected this week. "It won't change much for me, to be honest," he suggested.

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