If Super Aguri folds, Davidson F1 career over

The odds may be stacked heavily against him but English driver Anthony Davidson is prepared to battle for his Grand Prix future. "I've had a tough career," he said. "Nothing has been handed to me on a plate. I've always had to fight for it. I am a fighter and I really will be angry if everything ends now."

Davidson's fear is that Formula One is about to say sayonara to the cash-strapped Japanese Super Aguri team which may have run for the last time in last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

Talks surrounding a takeover by the London-based Magma automotive group and Dubai International Capital — also seeking an major involvement at Liverpool Football Club — are reported to have foundered.

Now team owner Aguri Suzuki has flown to Japan where tomorrow he will seek to secure a last-ditch deal with Honda, who already supply the cars of Davidson and Japanese team-mate Takuma Sato with engines.

The prospects do not look good.

Nick Fry, head of Honda's principle F1 team that runs Jenson Button, said: "We've been working as hard as we possibly can to find a solution for Aguri, but at this stage I'm not overly optimistic.

"It was never Honda's intention to fully fund two F1 teams. Aguri need to find funding of their own." More at Daily Mail