Javier Villa

Javier Villa García (born 5 October 1987) is a Spanish former 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.

Career

Villa driving for Racing Engineering at Barcelona round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. Villa 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, Villa's 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. He then won the sprint races at the Nürburgring and Hungaroring 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.

For the 2010 season, Villa 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.

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.

Villa was linked with the Formula One team Hispania Racing with a view to replace Vitantonio Liuzzi. 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 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 1st2011 World Touring Car Championship Proteam Racing 24 1 0 1 59 12th Spanish Mini Challenge BMW Spain 12 7 4 3 217 5th

Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results (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 VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 26th 0 2007 Racing Engineering BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 6th 42 2008 Racing Engineering CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 17th 8 2009 Super Nova Racing CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR 10th 27

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (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 BRA1 BRA2 BEL1 BEL2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 12th 59

NASCAR (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 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 2012 TFT Racing 64 Dodge NOG NOG 3rd 603 Chevy BRH BRH Gonneau Racing Chevy SPA SPA VAL VAL BUG BUG 2013 Scorpus Racing 9 Chevy NOG NOG DIJ DIJ BRH BRH TOU TOU MNZ MNZ BUG BUG 20th 187