Javier Villa


Javier Villa García 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.

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. 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.
The 2010 season he forged links with BMW driving in the 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 will 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.
He 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

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2006Racing EngineeringVAL
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
26th0
2007Racing EngineeringBHR
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
Ret
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
6th42
2008Racing EngineeringCAT
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
17th8
2009Super Nova RacingCAT
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
10th27

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008–09Super Nova RacingSHI
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
10th12
2009–10Arden InternationalYMC1
FEA
YMC1
SPR
YMC2
FEA
4
YMC2
SPR
11
BHR1
FEA

3
BHR1
SPR
3
BHR2
FEA
7
BHR2
SPR
6
4th19

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2011Proteam RacingBMW 320 TCBRA
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
12th59

NASCAR

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1