Javier Villa
Javier Villa García 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
Image:Racing-engineering-villa-spain-2008-lrg.jpg|thumb|left|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 [Formula Three Championship|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.
The 2010 season, Villa 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 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
Complete GP2 Series results
| 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 | VAL 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 | 26th | 0 |
| 2007 | Racing Engineering | BHR 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 22† | 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 | 6th | 42 |
| 2008 | Racing Engineering | CAT 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 | 17th | 8 | |
| 2009 | Super Nova Racing | CAT 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 | 10th | 27 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
| 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 | BRA 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 | 12th | 59 |