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| − | '''Georgios Davakos''' (born 18 August 1994 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek sim-racing driver who currently drives for [[Water Blue Racing]] in the [[Supercup]]. He is also the owner of the team. | + | '''Georgios Davakos''' (born 18 August 1994 in Athens, Greece) |
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| − | Georgios Davakos started sim-racing from 2001 with Gran Turismo 3 but become a true hard-core sim-racer in 2008 with GTR-Evolution. Georgios started his sim-racing career at [[RaceDepartment]], which he stayed with for over two years before moving to [[GPVWC]]. In 2011 Davakos was signed by [[Nordsjoen Racing]] for the [[2011 Supercup season]] and as test driver in the [[2011 Superleague season|Superleague]]. After racing for Nordsjoen in three events in the SuperCup, Davakos moved to his own team, [[Water Blue Racing]].
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| − | ==Early Career (2009)==
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| − | It all started with American F3000 Grand Prix Championship with Davakos driving for his newly-created team, Water Blue Racing. Despite Davakos' up and down season he managed to draw everyone's attention in Hockenhiem were he was in 15th position during wet weather conditions and managed to charge through the field and overtake some of the more experienced sim racers. Davakos finished 15th out of 25 drivers in the championship. Later that year he drove for Motor AG Motorsports and joined the RaceDepartment Formula 1 Championship were he did only three races. Davakos was still new to sim-racing but his hunger for more experience had just grown.
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| − | ==The true birth of a Greek Sim-Racer (2010)==
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| − | After a learning year (2009) Davakos joined Water Blue Racing once again and drove in Formula Pro World Series, RaceDepartment GT Championship Corvette C5R Division and Nations Grand Prix. Davakos managed to improve from race to race in the Formula Pro World Series and finished in 16th out of 24 drivers. On the other hand Davakos discovered his talent for GT cars and, after some very strong races, he finished 3rd out of 20 drivers in the championship. After the summer break, Davakos signed up for the Gentlemens' Racing Club Formula 3 Series - Season 1. He drove in Class B and managed to finish in 4th place out of 37 drivers in the championship. This was the last league he drove open wheel cars in for the remainder of 2010. In 2010 Georgios Davakos was the fastest Greek driver in the sim-racing world.
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| − | ==New year, New goal, New hunger (2011)==
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| − | "The year of diffeculties and glory" as the young Greek calls it. In 2011 Davakos found the organiser of GPVWC, William Ponissi who helped him get into GPVWC. Davakos signed up for Nordsjoen Racing who had won the Constructors' title three times in a row in the [[Superleague]]. Davakos drove also for Nordsjoen Racing in the [[Supercup]] and managed his first ever podium (3rd place) in round 2, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. After round 3 Davakos moved to his own team, Water Blue Racing and had an up and down season until round 7 Magny-Cours Grand Prix were he came up 3rd place once again but this time with Water Blue Racing.
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Revision as of 15:07, 19 December 2012
Georgios Davakos (born 18 August 1994 in Athens, Greece)
Racing Career Results
Supercup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year
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Team
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Chassis
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Engine
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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WDC
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Points
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| 2011
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Nordsjoen Racing
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SC-011
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Renault
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AUS
6
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UAE
3
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JAP
Ret
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8th
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69
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| Water Blue Racing
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SC-011
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Renault
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|
|
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CHN
7
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RSA
Ret
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AUT
5
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FRA
3
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MON
6
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GBR
Ret
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BAH
10
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SMR
-
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TUR
-
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MEX
-
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CAN
8
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BRA
6
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ITA
8
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ESP
Ret
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BEL
3
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NED
8
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SIN
7
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| 2012
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Water Blue Racing
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SC-012
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Mecachrome
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AUS
-
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CHN
-
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UAE
-
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HUN
-
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ESP
-
|
MON
Ret
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CAN
Ret
|
KOR
5
|
TUR
-
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GBR
-
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ITA
-
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BEL
-
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NED
-
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IND
-
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USA
-
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BRA
-
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JAP
-
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SIN
-
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Pos
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Pts
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† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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