Javier Villa

Infobox racing driver
name = Javier Villa

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caption = Villa in 2008.
nationality = flagicon|Spain Spanish
date of birth = Birth date and age|1987|10|05
place of birth = Colunga, Asturias (Spain)
current series = GP2 Series
first year = 2006
current team = Racing Engineering
car number = 11
former teams =
starts = 59
wins = 3
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish = 5th
year = 2007
prev series = Spanish F3 Championship
prev series years = 2005
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Javier Villa García (born 5 October, 1987, Colunga, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish racing driver living in Arriondas, Asturias, Spain.

Career

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. cite web | title = GP2 France sprint race: Villa's maiden win | publisher = Maximummotorsport.co.uk | date = 2007 | url = http://www.maximummotorsport.co.uk/2007/07/01/gp2-france-spint-race-villas-maiden-win/ | accessdate =2007-08-07] He then won the sprint races at the Nürburgring cite web | title = GP2 Nürburgring sprint race: Villa dominates | publisher = Maximummotorsport.co.uk | date = 2007 | url = http://www.maximummotorsport.co.uk/2007/07/22/gp2-nurburgring-sprint-villa-dominates/ | accessdate =2007-08-07] and Hungaroring cite web | title = GP2 Hungary sprint race: Who else but Villa? | publisher = Maximummotorsport.co.uk | date = 2007 | url = http://www.maximummotorsport.co.uk/2007/08/05/gp2-hungary-sprint-who-else-but-villa/ | accessdate =2007-08-07] 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.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)* Season in progress.

References

External links

* [http://www.javiervilla.com/ Javier Villa Official website]