Anthony Davidson makes his Grand Prix debut in Hungary on Sunday for Minardi having had to borrow a pair of overalls, the Formula One™ racing debutant disclosed on Friday.

The Briton was on vacation in Finland with his girlfriend when he received the call-up to replace Minardo's Alex Yoong last weekend - leaving him no time to get kitted out.

"The problem is that the factory in Italy which supplies overalls is on holiday," news agency AFP reported him as saying in The Times newspaper. "So I might have to borrow some from a mechanic or somebody."

One person he won't be asking is Justin Wilson, Minardi's first choice to replace the absent Yoong but ruled out as at 6ft 3in (1.9 metres) he is too big for the tight confines of the narrow Minardo cockpit.

"There was no chance of his race suit fitting me," Davidson said.

Although this is Davidson's debut race he is no stranger to hurling a car very fast around tight tracks having clocked up 8,000 miles this year alone in his capacity as test driver for the BAR Formula 1 team.

He started competitive racing at the age of eight and has graduated up from kart racing to the British Formula Three championship in which he finished second last year.

Davidson has been handed the chance to realise what he has called a childhood dream, while Yoong undergoes a course of intensive training in a bid to improve his race performance.

The Malaysian is due to return to the track for the last three grand prix of the season.

SOURCE: AFP