Team JVA
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Team John Village Automotive (Team JVA) is a British
motor racing team founded by the former Formula Ford champion John Village in 1980 and headquartered in Chesterfield
, England
.
, winning the Spanish
championship with Victor López Ferraz and at international level, by winning the Formula Ford Festival
with Vincenzo Sospiri
in 1988.
In the 1990s, the team entered Formula Vauxhall Lotus. Kelvin Burt
won the 1991 championship and Oliver Gavin
was runner-up
in 1992. JVA ran also in Formula Vauxhall Junior and won the championship in 1996 with Tim Mullen
.
Team JVA have been involved in Italian Formula 3000/Euro Formula 3000 since 1999
, at first in collaboration with Edenbridge Racing, Arden Team Russia
, B&C Competition, and on its own since 2002
. In 2005
, it ran in the rival Pro Series (predecessor to the current International Formula Master
).
Since 2005–06, the team has worked with A1 Team Canada
in A1 Grand Prix
.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
motor racing team founded by the former Formula Ford champion John Village in 1980 and headquartered in Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
The team was originally founded as a garage and race preparation business. In the 1980s JVA ran in Formula FordFormula Ford
Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....
, winning the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
championship with Victor López Ferraz and at international level, by winning the Formula Ford Festival
Formula Ford Festival
The Formula Ford Festival is an annual meeting of Ford powered single seat racing cars which is held at the end of the British racing season, at the Brands Hatch motor racing circuit in the county of Kent, in Southern England...
with Vincenzo Sospiri
Vincenzo Sospiri
- Early career :Sospiri started racing in the Italian 100CC Karting Championships at the age of 15. He spent a long time working his way through the karting ladder, eventually becoming World Karting Champion in 1987. Sospiri then progressed to Formula Ford, before working through to Formula 3000 in...
in 1988.
In the 1990s, the team entered Formula Vauxhall Lotus. Kelvin Burt
Kelvin Burt
Kelvin Burt is a British auto racing driver. After attending the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School in 1987 he turned to Formula Ford racing, battling hard against David Coulthard for the championship...
won the 1991 championship and Oliver Gavin
Oliver Gavin
Oliver Benjamin Gavin , is a GM factory racing driver from the United Kingdom. He was raised in the village of Felmersham, Bedfordshire. He attended the local Primary school, Pinchmill. At age nine he attended Lincroft Middle School and then took his GCSEs and A-levels at Sharnbrook Upper School...
was runner-up
Runner-up
Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the...
in 1992. JVA ran also in Formula Vauxhall Junior and won the championship in 1996 with Tim Mullen
Tim Mullen
Tim Mullen is a British racing driver. After starting his career in Karting, he entered the Irish Formula Ford championship in 1995 where he won the title...
.
Team JVA have been involved in Italian Formula 3000/Euro Formula 3000 since 1999
1999 Italian Formula 3000 season
The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 season was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:...
, at first in collaboration with Edenbridge Racing, Arden Team Russia
Arden International
Arden International is an GP2 Series team, created by Christian Horner.Initially created to raise up Horner's career, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov, the team began to get good results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last years, showing new talents to motorsport...
, B&C Competition, and on its own since 2002
2002 Euro Formula 3000 season
The 2002 Euro Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 35 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:...
. In 2005
2005 3000 Pro Series season
The 2005 3000 Pro Series season was the inaugural season of what later would become the International Formula Master racing series. It was won jointly by Austrian Norbert Siedler and Italian Max Busnelli.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar:-Drivers:...
, it ran in the rival Pro Series (predecessor to the current International Formula Master
International Formula Master
International Formula Master, also known as Formula Super 2000, was a European-based junior single seater formula. The series was conceived as a competitor for Formula Three and made its debut at Valencia in 2007...
).
Since 2005–06, the team has worked with A1 Team Canada
A1 Team Canada
A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.- Management :A1 Team Canada's previous seat holder was Jay Laski...
in A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...
.
Series results
| A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"... results |
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| Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2005–06 | Lola-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
 A1 Team CanadaA1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.- Management :A1 Team Canada's previous seat holder was Jay Laski... |
22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 11th |
| 2006–07 | Lola-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
A1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.- Management :A1 Team Canada's previous seat holder was Jay Laski... |
22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11th |
| 2007–08 | Lola-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
A1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.- Management :A1 Team Canada's previous seat holder was Jay Laski... |
20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 9th |
| Italian Formula 3000/Euro Formula 3000 and International Formula Master International Formula Master International Formula Master, also known as Formula Super 2000, was a European-based junior single seater formula. The series was conceived as a competitor for Formula Three and made its debut at Valencia in 2007... results |
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2002 2002 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2002 Euro Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 35 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:... |
Lola T99/50-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
 Romain DumasRomain Dumas Romain Dumas is a French racing driver.Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996 he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship.... |
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2nd | 3rd |
 Peter Boss |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2003 2003 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2003 Euro Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 10 different teams, 26 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:-Driver:... |
Lola T99/50-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
Peter Boss |
9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7th | 6th | |
| Joel Nelson Joel Nelson Joel Nelson is a cowboy poet. In 2009 he received a National Heritage Fellowship.-References:... |
9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7th | ||||
| 2004 2004 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2004 Superfund Euro Formula 3000 season was contested over 10 rounds. 10 different teams and 25 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola chassis and Zytek engines.-Driver and Team Lineup:-Calendar:-Driver:... |
Lola T99/50-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
 Jonny ReidJonny Reid Jonathan Ross Reid, more commonly known as Jonny Reid, is a New Zealand racing driver. Reid comes from a well-known New Zealand racing family. Both his grandfather and his father were known kiwi racers. His father, Clayton Reid, was a New Zealand champion in karting... |
10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4th | 2nd |
 Alex LloydAlex Lloyd (racing driver) Alex Stewart Lloyd is a British motor racing driver. He currently takes part in the IndyCar Series... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6th | |||
 Tomáš KostkaTomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka is a Czech racing driver, who lives in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Futurecom-BRT.- Racing career :... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2005 2005 3000 Pro Series season The 2005 3000 Pro Series season was the inaugural season of what later would become the International Formula Master racing series. It was won jointly by Austrian Norbert Siedler and Italian Max Busnelli.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar:-Drivers:... |
Lola T99/50-Zytek Zytek Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek... |
 Tor GravesTor Graves Tor Graves is a Thai racing driver.-Career:1993: British Formula First1994: 7th British Formula First1995: 10th British Formula Renault1996: 14th British Formula Renault1997: 11th British Formula Renault... |
8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5th | 4th | |
| Dominik Jackson Dominik Jackson Dominik Jackson is an English racing driver. He started his career in UK karting, before going to Germany to compete in the Formula BMW ADAC Series. He has also raced in Formula Palmer Audi. Due to his lack of funding, he very rarely competes a full series championship... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10th | ||||
| Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robert "Robbie" Kerr is a British race car driver from England.-Early career:In 2002 he became the British Formula Three Champion for Alan Docking Racing with 306 points ahead of Australian racing driver James Courtney.Following an abortive attempt at International Formula 3000 in 2003, Kerr did... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11th | ||||
| Scott Mansell Scott Mansell Scott Mansell is an English racing driver.An alumnus of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, Mansell was the 2004 EuroBOSS champion. He has not competed a full series championship since. Scott was a 2004 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominee, losing out to eventual winner Paul di Resta... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14th | ||||
| 2007 2007 International Formula Master season The 2007 International Formula Master season was the inaugural International Formula Master series season. The season started on the weekend of May 18–20 at Valencia, and served as a support series to the World Touring Car Championship in all the latter's European races except Zandvoort,... |
Tatuus Tatuus Tatuus is an Italian chassis manufacturer for a series of formula racing series, being first founded in 1980. The company is being known for its association with Renault Sport for its production of the Formula Renault chassis.-Vehicles Produced:... FM07-Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... |
Tor Graves Tor Graves Tor Graves is a Thai racing driver.-Career:1993: British Formula First1994: 7th British Formula First1995: 10th British Formula Renault1996: 14th British Formula Renault1997: 11th British Formula Renault... |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th | 13th |
| Jon Barnes Jon Barnes Jon Barnes is a British racing driver.- Early career :Barnes started racing in karting, where he finished in the top ten in both the Junior and Senior TKM Super One British Kart Racing Championships.- Car racing career :In 2002, Barnes moved into car racing... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.