Honda test driver Davidson upsets odds with fastest time

BAR Honda test driver Anthony Davidson upset the odds yesterday, posting the quickest time in the first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix as the British outfit snatched a one-two.

The Briton, who won't be racing tomorrow, overcame a dusty track to storm up the leaderboard with a last gasp lap of 1 min 33.289sec, pushing his teammate Jenson Button into second, nearly ninth tenths of a second back.

BAR's other driver Takuma Sato was forced to watch him steal the show after failing to complete a single lap after being forced off when thick white smoke started belching from his engine just seconds into the afternoon practice.