Javier Villa

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Javier Villa
Nationality	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.

1 Career History
2 GP2 Series record
3 References
4 External links

[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.

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*