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Davidson to race in Spa 24 Hours

Like Jacques Villeneuve, Anthony Davidson will be contesting this year's Spa 24 Hour endurance race in the FIA GT Championship. Davidson, of Hemel Hempstead, will be competing in a GT1 class Nissan GT-R alongside Michael Krumm and former British Touring Car racer Darren Turner.

With no Formula One drive this year but now an established and well-known voice on the BBC's Radio 5 Live coverage, Davidson is pleased to be racing in Belgium. "It was a deal that I was working on really early this year to try and get in place," 30-year-old Anthony told Autosport. "Obviously, with a lack of testing in F1 now, I'm keen to stay behind a wheel as often as I can and I think it is important to keep up driving this year - it should be a good experience.

Davidson's last F1 race to date is the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix

"It really is important to keep racing as much as possible. To get through, as a driver, for 24 hours without making any mistakes is really, really hard work and it does keep you sharp; myself and all the people I work with are keen for me to keep racing and I for one, after finally getting into racing properly with Super Aguri a few years ago, realised I've got to keep it up."

With three new teams on the Formula One grid next year, how does Davidson rate his chances of returning to the sport? "One day I would love to be World Champion," he continued. "I am obviously keen to stay in F1 as long as I can and the potential of the new teams coming along gives me new hope that I can get back on the grid but I am also a realist at the end of the day; I know there is a lot more than talent that gets you a drive in F1 - I'm just happy to be racing at a top level still this season and still associated with the Brawn team."

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