14 Facts About Javier Villa

Javier Villa Garcia was born on 5 October 1987 and is a Spanish racing driver living in Arriondas, Asturias, Spain.

Javier Villa drove in the GP2 Series from 2006 towards 2009.

Javier Villa took his first GP2 victory in 2007 at the sprint race at Magny-Cours.

Javier Villa started from second on the grid by dint of finishing seventh in the previous day's feature race.

Javier Villa then won the sprint races at the Nurburgring and Hungaroring from pole position.

Javier Villa stayed with Racing Engineering for a third season of GP2 in 2008.

Javier Villa 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.

Javier Villa 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, Javier Villa would move to the World Touring Car Championship with Proteam Motorsport BMW team, where he scored his first podium in Hungary.

Javier Villa had a disappointing end to the season falling out of the top ten finishing 12th for the season.

Javier Villa was voted best rookie in the World Touring Car Championship for the 2011 season.

Javier Villa was linked with the Formula One team Hispania Racing with a view to replace Vitantonio Liuzzi.

Javier Villa again competed in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2011 and despite missing three races, still finished in fifth position for the championship.

Javier 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.