Javier Villa

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Javier Villa
Nationality Flag of Spain Spanish
Date of Birth October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05) (age 20)
Place of Birth Colunga, Asturias (Spain)
2008 GP2 Series
Debut season 2006
Current team Racing Engineering
Car No. 11
Starts 48
Wins 3
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 6th in 2007
Previous series
2005 Spanish F3 Championship

Javier Villa (born 5 October 1987, Colunga, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish racing driver living in Arriondas, Asturias, Spain. He is currently driving in the 2007 GP2 Series for Racing Engineering, in his second season for the team. Before coming to GP2 he raced in the Spanish F3 Championship, where he finished 4th overall in the 2005 season, again with Racing Engineering.

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.

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[edit] Career History

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Podiums Final Placing
2004 Spanish F3 Championship Elide Racing 14 0 1 1 9th
2005 Spanish F3 Championship Racing Engineering 14 2 2 6 4th

[edit] GP2 Series record

Villa's Racing Engineering car at the Turkish round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
Villa's Racing Engineering car at the Turkish round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
Season Team Name No. Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2006 Racing Engineering 10 21 0 0 0 24th
2007 Racing Engineering 14 21 0 3 42 6th
2008 Racing Engineering 11 6 0 0 3 15th*

* Season in progress.

[edit] References

  1. ^ GP2 France sprint race: Villa's maiden win. Maximummotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  2. ^ GP2 Nürburgring sprint race: Villa dominates. Maximummotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  3. ^ GP2 Hungary sprint race: Who else but Villa?. Maximummotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.

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