Javier Villa García (born 5 October 1987) is a Spanish racing driver living in Arriondas, Asturias, Spain. He drove in the GP2 Series from 2006 towards 2009. In 2010 he switched to touring cars, driving at the Spanish Mini Challenge and later the World Touring Car Championship. Villa finished third at the 2012 Racecar Euro Series stock car championship.
| Javier Villa | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Javier Villa García |
| Born | 5 October 1987 Colunga, Asturias, Spain |
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Scorpus Racing |
| Car number | 9 |
| Starts | 16 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2012 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–09, 2009–10 2008 2007 2006–09 2004–06 2010-11 2011 | GP2 Asia Series International GT Open Formula One testing GP2 Series Spanish Formula Three Spanish Mini Challenge World Touring Car Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 | NASCAR Europe Junior Trophy, 2 Spanish Championship |
Career
editGarcía was born in Colunga, Asturias. Before driving in the GP2 Series in 2006, he raced in the Spanish F3 Championship, where he finished 4th overall in the 2005 season, with the Racing Engineering team.
Graduating to GP2 with Racing Engineering the next year, his first season was pointless, but 2007 was a significant improvement. He took his first GP2 victory in 2007 at the sprint race at Magny-Cours. He started from second on the grid by dint of finishing seventh in the previous day's feature race.[1] He then won the sprint races at the Nürburgring[2] and Hungaroring[3] from pole position. He stayed with Racing Engineering for a third season of GP2 in 2008. This season was disappointing as he slipped back to seventeenth in the championship, whereas team-mate Giorgio Pantano won it.
Villa drove for Super Nova Racing in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, and also drove for the team in the 2009 GP2 Series season. He was linked with a race seat at Formula One team Campos Grand Prix for 2010 but when they turned into Hispania Racing Team he wasn't linked anymore.[4]
The 2010 season he forged links with BMW driving in the Spanish Mini Challenge Championship. He won that title and was rewarded with a drive in the final round of the 2010 Australian Mini Challenge in Sydney finishing seventh.[5] [6]
In 2011, Villa would move to the World Touring Car Championship with Proteam Motorsport BMW team, where he scored his first podium in Hungary. He had a disappointing end to the season falling out of the top ten finishing 12th for the season. He was voted best rookie in the World Touring Car Championship for the 2011 season.[7]
He was linked with the Formula One team Hispania Racing with a view to replace Vitantonio Liuzzi.[8] He again competed in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2011 and despite missing three races, still finished in fifth position for the championship.
Villa moved for 2012 to the Racecar Euro Series, a NASCAR-sanctioned stock car championship, where he finished third in the championship with a win and six podium finishes.
Racing record
edit| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Spanish F3 Championship | Elide Racing | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9th |
| 2005 | Spanish F3 Championship | Racing Engineering | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 96 | 4th |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| Spanish F3 Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15th | ||
| 2007 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 21 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 6th |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17th |
| International GT Open | Roger Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Super Nova Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | Super Nova Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 10th |
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | Arden International | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4th |
| 2010 | Spanish Mini Challenge | BMW Spain | 6 | ? | 4 | 6 | 214 | 1st |
| 2011 | World Touring Car Championship | Proteam Racing | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 12th |
| Spanish Mini Challenge | BMW Spain | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 217 | 5th |
Complete GP2 Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Racing Engineering | VAL FEA 18 |
VAL SPR 9 |
IMO FEA 13 |
IMO SPR 18 |
NÜR FEA 9 |
NÜR SPR 20 |
CAT FEA 14 |
CAT SPR 15 |
MON FEA Ret |
SIL FEA 14 |
SIL SPR 13 |
MAG FEA 17 |
MAG SPR 16 |
HOC FEA 11 |
HOC SPR 13 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 15† |
IST FEA 15 |
IST SPR 16 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
26th | 0 |
| 2007 | Racing Engineering | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 10 |
CAT FEA 8 |
CAT SPR 2 |
MON FEA Ret |
MAG FEA 7 |
MAG SPR 1 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR 22† |
NÜR FEA 8 |
NÜR SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR 1 |
IST FEA 12 |
IST SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 6 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 4 |
SPA SPR 15 |
VAL FEA 8 |
VAL SPR 2 |
6th | 42 |
| 2008 | Racing Engineering | CAT FEA 14 |
CAT SPR 6 |
IST FEA 7 |
IST SPR 15 |
MON FEA 14 |
MON SPR 13 |
MAG FEA 14 |
MAG SPR 10 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR Ret |
HOC FEA 10† |
HOC SPR 5 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 6 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 5 |
SPA FEA 17 |
SPA SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR EX |
17th | 8 | |
| 2009 | Super Nova Racing | CAT FEA 10 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 10 |
MON SPR 8 |
IST FEA 7 |
IST SPR 2 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 15 |
NÜR FEA 5 |
NÜR SPR 6 |
HUN FEA 3 |
HUN SPR 5 |
VAL FEA 18† |
VAL SPR 9 |
SPA FEA 13 |
SPA SPR 10 |
MNZ FEA 7 |
MNZ SPR 10 |
ALG FEA 13 |
ALG SPR 2 |
10th | 27 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Super Nova Racing | SHI FEA 4 |
SHI SPR 3 |
DUB FEA 9 |
DUB SPR C |
BHR1 FEA 9 |
BHR1 SPR 5 |
LSL FEA 13 |
LSL SPR 10 |
SEP FEA 19 |
SEP SPR 18 |
BHR2 FEA 15 |
BHR2 SPR 12 |
10th | 12 |
| 2009–10 | Arden International | YMC1 FEA |
YMC1 SPR |
YMC2 FEA 4 |
YMC2 SPR 11 |
BHR1 FEA 3 |
BHR1 SPR 3 |
BHR2 FEA 7 |
BHR2 SPR 6 |
4th | 19 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Proteam Racing | BMW 320 TC | BRA 1 14 |
BRA 2 8 |
BEL 1 9 |
BEL 2 10 |
ITA 1 8 |
ITA 2 8 |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 7 |
CZE 1 9 |
CZE 2 7 |
POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 17 |
GBR 1 17 |
GBR 2 16 |
GER 1 12 |
GER 2 10 |
ESP 1 6 |
ESP 2 19 |
JPN 1 12 |
JPN 2 8 |
CHN 1 10 |
CHN 2 Ret |
MAC 1 11 |
MAC 2 10 |
12th | 59 |
NASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
edit| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Pts | |||
| 2012 | TFT Racing | 64 | Dodge | NOG 4 |
NOG 2 |
3rd | 603 | |||||||||||||
| Chevy | BRH 3 |
BRH 1 |
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| Gonneau Racing | Chevy | SPA 19 |
SPA 3 |
VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
BUG 6 |
BUG 6 |
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| 2013 | Scorpus Racing | 9 | Chevy | NOG 22 |
NOG 2 |
DIJ 20 |
DIJ 20 |
BRH 8 |
BRH 5 |
TOU | TOU | MNZ | MNZ | BUG | BUG | 20th | 187 | |||
References
edit- ^ "GP2 France sprint race: Villa's maiden win". Maximummotorsport.co.uk. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "GP2 Nürburgring sprint race: Villa dominates". Maximummotorsport.co.uk. 2007. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "GP2 Hungary sprint race: Who else but Villa?". Maximummotorsport.co.uk. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "De la Rosa for Campos?". grandprix.com. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "MINI.com.au - John Cooper Works Challenge". Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 2011 Australian Mini Challenge Rd 7, retrieved Mini Challenge Official site 17/4/2011
- ^ "Spanish invasion at Homebush MINI Challenge « Speedcafe - Get Your Racing Fix". Archived from the original on 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-16. retrieved from Speedcafe 17/4/2011
- ^ [1] Readers vote Javier Villa as the best rookie in 2011
- ^ "ItaliaRacing.Net". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
External links
edit- Javier Villa Official website
- Javier Villa driver statistics at Racing-Reference