Anthony Davidson has got back into a
Formula 1 car again, only just over a month on from what had looked to be the end of his grand prix career when
Super Aguri folded.
The talented British ace was rendered jobless by the collapse of the Japanese minnows back in early May, at the end of many weeks of frantic negotiations in a bid to save the fated Leafield-based, satellite
Honda outfit. Super Aguri are believed to have counted debts of more than £50 million when the end came.
The 29-year-old has found himself back in the top flight already, however, joining Honda during the group
F1 test in Barcelona today. In so doing, he replaced the Brackley-based concern's regular test driver Alex Wurz, the Austrian being away competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Peugeot this weekend.
Davidson previously acted as test driver for Honda – and BAR in its former incarnation – on-and-off from 2001 until he was snapped up by Super Aguri at the end of 2006. The Hemel Hempstead ace drove in the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix for Honda in place of an ill
Takuma Sato – who would later go on to be his team-mate at Super Aguri – but was cruelly forced to retire on only lap two with engine failure.
What's more, with rumours
Rubens Barrichello may either retire or else be replaced at the end of the 2008 season, there could well be a seat available at the factory Japanese squad next year.
