{"id":46563,"date":"2025-08-06T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46563\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:36:11","slug":"supercars-news-will-davison-couldnt-really-care-about-finals-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46563\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Will Davison \u2018couldn\u2019t really care\u2019 about finals race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Davison. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

The two-time Bathurst 1000 winner currently sits 17th in the championship, 195 points away from 10th with three rounds before the finals begin.<\/p>\n

Davison describes his season to date as \u201ca bit of a disaster\u201d but says he\u2019s \u201cnot going to bring out the excuse book\u201d amid a building year for the rejuvenated team.<\/p>\n

New teammate Brodie Kostecki is sixth in the standings and on track to make the finals, while Davison is one of many needing a big enduro campaign to change his fortunes.<\/p>\n

However, Davison says he\u2019s more focused on building towards 2026 with a strong end to the year than whether or not he makes the cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d much rather finish the year getting some big results than scraping into the top 10 in the points. I couldn\u2019t really care,\u201d Davison told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I want to be in the finals because it gives you a clean sheet, but really I care more about having good rounds to finish the year than where I finish in the points right now.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ridiculous\u2019 rule limits Will Davison\u2019s bid to help rookies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the potential is there, we\u2019ve just had way too many issues, which is frustrating, but behind the scenes we\u2019ve been responding and working through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to continue on for the second half of the year. I\u2019ve got so much to play for, forgetting the finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is fixated on that, I\u2019m fixated on getting our form consistent, getting our team functioning amazingly for the back half of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been more frustrating than I would have hoped but we\u2019ve got great people, great energy within the team and we\u2019re going in a really good direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I feel really optimistic about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davison is one of few drivers outside of the finals spots that does not have to worry about the swirling Supercars silly season.<\/p>\n

DJR boss David Noble moved to shut down any questions around the 42-year-old\u2019s future in June, declaring him \u201ca long-term driver with us\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

DJR perplexed by Davison contract question<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Davison says he was never in doubt for 2026 following his latest contract renewal signed during 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent all last year part of the silly season,\u201d Davison said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big part for me in the new deal that I did was wanting to not be a part of this year\u2019s, knowing we had a big rebuilding phase in the team and stuff as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need that distraction right now, we\u2019ve got too much other stuff we need to get right and that we\u2019re working on in the background.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously that\u2019s coming good, and I\u2019ve got a big job to play as well. The expectations in the team are high and we\u2019re all demanding a lot from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davison has a single podium finish to his name in 2025 \u2013 scored at Taupo in April \u2013 ahead of this weekend\u2019s Ipswich Super440.<\/p>\n

Last time Supercars visited Queensland Raceway in July of 2019, Davison snapped a 1021-podium drought while driving a 23Red Racing Mustang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Davison. Image: Supplied The two-time Bathurst 1000 winner currently sits 17th in the championship, 195 points away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,2498,806,805,803,804,7499,85,2499],"class_list":{"0":"post-46563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dick-johnson-racing","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-slot4","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-will-davison"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}