Oliver Jarvis

Jarvis was an Audi factory driver in DTM and LMP1, and finished runner-up in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2016. He later raced for Mazda and Acura in DPi, winning both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2022 with Meyer Shank Racing. He is also a two-time LMP2 class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Early life

Born in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, Jarvis was educated at King's Ely.

Early career

Jarvis was first introduced to motorsport from an early age when his father Carl was competing in Formula Ford 1600. Keen to try it for himself, and at just six years old, Jarvis enjoyed his first motocross competition, albeit then two wheels not four.

At the age of eight, Jarvis made the transition to race karts. During his ten years in karts, he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting as one of Tony Kart's Works driver.

Jarvis moved from European Karting when he was 18 to the highly competitive British single seater car championships racing in the Formula Ford category for two successful seasons before moving up to Formula Renault.

2005 proved to be an outstanding year of achievements for Jarvis when he became the 2005 Formula Renault UK Champion having gained five wins, seven podiums, four pole positions and three ELF /Atol Driver of the Day Awards. He was also awarded BRDC Rising Star status.

Jarvis' perfect end to the year was receiving the prestigious McLaren Autosport Young Driver of The Year Award that December, presented to him by Formula One legend Sir Stirling Moss.

2006 saw Jarvis move up to the British F3 International Series, racing for the famous Carlin Motorsport team, run by Trevor Carlin. Jarvis was an instant success, and won two races, beating Bruno Senna (nephew of the late Ayrton) to second in the standings. He went on to dominate the end of season Macau F3 Grand Prix in 2007, leading every lap and looking unchallenged throughout to take the biggest victory of his career. Jarvis competing at Zandvoort, where he would win the feature race. Jarvis was added to the roster for A1 Team Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix for the 2006-07 season and drove the rounds in China and Mexico. Jarvis driving for Audi (Phoenix) in the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season on the Hockenheimring. Jarvis did get his first chance at the Beijing International Streetcircuit in China, the third race weekend of the season. Through a problematic weekend, where problems with the track arose, Jarvis started the Sprint race in eighth, and finished in seventh in a race that saw little racing, following seventh-starting South Africa spinning, bringing out the Safety Car for a majority of the race. In the Feature race, Jarvis therefore started seventh. After controversially making his mandatory pitstop on the lap the Safety Car was deployed (A1GP rules state that cars cannot pit during Safety Car periods), Jarvis ended up running eighth for a majority of the race, an eighth that was actually a net fourth, given the cars in the first four places were yet to pit. After they did, Jarvis moved up to fourth, and looked to be heading for that position, until the leading duo, The Netherlands driver Jeroen Bleekemolen and Germany's Nico Hülkenberg both retired on the same lap, leaving Jarvis to finish second, behind Italy's Enrico Toccacelo.

Jarvis' next outing was at the Mexico round. This time Jarvis went one better, winning the Feature race for Great Britain's first ever A1 Grand Prix victory.

DTM career In 2008, Jarvis progressed to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, racing for Team Phoenix in an Audi A4 DTM 2007. Having finished in the points twice, the Briton ended up 13th in the standings.

The following year, Team Phoenix retained Jarvis in the DTM, where he would partner Alexandre Prémat. A much improved campaign followed, where two podiums, including second at Zandvoort, where he scored his first pole position in the category, elevated Jarvis to ninth overall.

Switching to Abt Sportsline for the 2010 season, five results inside the top six meant that Jarvis would finish ninth in the standings once again.

In 2011, Jarvis remained in the DTM at Abt Sportsline. Despite taking a podium finish at Spielberg, Jarvis ended the season sitting tenth in the championship.

Jarvis would not be retained by Audi for the 2012 DTM season.

Sportscar career

Jarvis would win the 2019 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, Mazda's second IMSA win. During the Pokka 1000km in Suzuka, Jarvis won the race partnering with Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer despite not having to drive throughout the race.

Javis would transition to the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012, driving alongside Frank Stippler for Team WRT. With five podiums across the season, the pairing finished eighth overall. He also competed in that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi.

In 2013, Jarvis raced for Alex Job Racing with an Audi R8 Grand-Am in the 24 Hours of Daytona. He won the class. He also won the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring and came third at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

When Audi pulled out of WEC, Jarvis signed a contract to race in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for Bentley during 2017. He also raced in the WEC under Jackie Chan DC Racing in LMP2. This led to him getting a class victory at Le Mans 24 Hours and second overall. They went on to score second in the championship standings.

For 2018, Jarvis would race in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Mazda Team Joest.

Jarvis teamed up with Tom Blomqvist at Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for the 2022 season. The pair would end up winning the title, having taken a pair of victories, including one at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Racing record

Racing career summary † As Jarvis was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ‡ Teams' standings Season still in progress.

Complete British Formula 3 International Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Pts 2006 Carlin Motorsport Mugen OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA1 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 MUG1 MUG2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 2nd 250

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2007 DHG Team TOM'S Toyota FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 FUJ1 FUJ2 SEN1 SEN2 SEN3 MOT1 MOT2 3rd 238

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 22 DC Points 2006–07 Great Britain NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA BEISPR BEIFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 3rd 92 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 3rd 126

Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90 per cent of the winner's race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 Kolles Christian Bakkerud Christijan Albers Audi R10 TDI LMP1 331 DNF DNF 2012 Audi Sport North America Marco Bonanomi Mike Rockenfeller Audi R18 ultra LMP1 375 3rd 3rd 2013 Audi Sport Team Joest Marc Gené Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 347 3rd 3rd 2014 Audi Sport Team Joest Filipe Albuquerque Marco Bonanomi Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1-H 25 DNF DNF 2015 Audi Sport Team Joest Lucas di Grassi Loïc Duval Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 392 4th 4th 2016 Audi Sport Team Joest Lucas di Grassi Loïc Duval Audi R18 LMP1 372 3rd 3rd 2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 2nd 1st 2019 Risi Competizione Jules Gounon Pipo Derani Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEPro 329 40th 11th 2020 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Ryan Cullen Nick Tandy Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 105 DNF DNF 2021 Risi Competizione Ryan Cullen Felipe Nasr Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 275 NC NC 2022 United Autosports USA Alex Lynn Josh Pierson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 368 10th 6th 2023 United Autosports Tom Blomqvist Josh Pierson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 323 18th 8th 2024 United Autosports Bijoy Garg Nolan Siegel Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 15th 1st 2025 United Autosports Ben Hanley Daniel Schneider Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 28th 11th LMP2 Pro-Am 6th 2026 United Autosports Ben Hanley Daniel Schneider Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 353 29th 15th LMP2 Pro-Am 7thSources:

Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2012 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra NOGQR2 NOGCR2 ZOLQR11 ZOLCR10 NAVQR8 NAVQR8 SVKQR6 SVKCR5 ALGQR3 ALGCRRet SVKQRRet SVKCR4 MOSQR3 MOSCR3 NURQR7 NURCRRet DONQRRet DONCR7 8th 81

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2023 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA POR ALG 2nd 100 2024 United Autosports LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 7th 39 2025 United Autosports LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 7th 62 2026 United Autosports LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 10th* 10*Source: