Oliver Jarvis (born 9 January 1984) is a British professional racing driver currently racing in the
IMSA
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA. It was started by John Bishop, a former executive direc ...
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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for
Mazda Team Joest.
Jarvis won the
2022 24 Hours of Daytona with
Meyer Shank Racing
Meyer Shank Racing (formerly Michael Shank Racing) is an American auto racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship.
History Atlantic Championship
Michael Shank as an owner of Michael Shank Racing, ...
.
Early life
Born in
Burwell, Cambridgeshire
Burwell is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, some 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Cambridge. It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes (waterways), including Burwell L ...
, he was educated at
The King's School, Ely
King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012),The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is a co-educational public school ...
.
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Racing career
Jarvis was first introduced to motorsport from an early age when his father Carl was competing in
Formula Ford
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1600. Keen to try it for himself, and at just six years old, Jarvis enjoyed his first motorcross competition, albeit then two wheels not four.
At the age of eight, Jarvis made the transition to race karts. During his 10 years in karts, he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting as one of
Tony Kart
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Tony Kart chassis have been used to win several ...
's Works driver.
Jarvis moved from European Karting when he was 18 to the highly competitive British single seater car championships racing in the
Formula Ford
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category for two successful seasons before moving up to
Formula Renault
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.
2005 proved to be an outstanding year of achievements for Jarvis when he became the 2005
Formula Renault UK
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Champion having gained 5 wins, 7 podiums, 4 pole positions and 3 ELF /Atol Driver of the Day Awards. He was also awarded
BRDC ''Rising Star'' status.
Jarvis's perfect end to the year was receiving the prestigious
McLaren Autosport Young Driver of The Year Award that December, presented to him by
Formula One
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legend
Sir Stirling Moss
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of comp ...
.
2006 saw Jarvis move up to the
British F3 International Series, racing for the famous
Carlin Motorsport
Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 and E ...
team, run by
Trevor Carlin
Trevor Carlin is a British motorsports team manager and owner. He currently owns Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series.
Carlin has had success in the junior motorsport formulas in a period spanning over 25 years. Carlin's career began in Inter ...
. Jarvis was an instant success, and won two races, beating
Bruno Senna
Bruno Senna Lalli (, born 15 October 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He is the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, three-time Formula One world champion. He is also the first man to win a race in every WEC class, and was the 2017 W ...
(nephew of the late
Ayrton) to 2nd in the standings. He went on to dominate the end of season
Macau F3 Grand Prix in 2007, leading every lap and looking unchallenged throughout to take the biggest victory of his career.
Jarvis was added to the roster for
A1 Team Great Britain
A1 Team Great Britain is the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management
A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car ...
in
A1 Grand Prix
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, and may get a chance to race often in
2006-07 season, should he impress more than
Darren Manning
Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
Career history
Early career
Manning was born in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, ...
and
Robbie Kerr
Robert "Robbie" Kerr (born 26 September 1979 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is a British racing driver. In 2002, Kerr won the British Formula 3 championship.
Career
Early career
In 2002 he became the British Formula Three Champion for A ...
, or should the two be unavailable for any reason.
Jarvis did get his first chance at the
Beijing International Streetcircuit
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in China,
the third race weekend of the season. Through a problematic weekend, where problems with the track arose, Jarvis started the
Sprint race in 8th, and finished in 7th in a race that saw little racing, following 7th-starting
South Africa
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spinning, bringing out the Safety Car for a majority of the race. In the
Feature race, Jarvis therefore started 7th. After controversially making his mandatory pitstop on the lap the Safety Car was deployed (A1GP rules state that cars cannot pit during Safety Car periods), Jarvis ended up running 8th for a majority of the race, an 8th that was actually a net 4th, given the cars in the first four places were yet to pit. After they did, Jarvis moved up to fourth, and looked to be heading for that position, until the leading duo,
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driver
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Jeroen Bleekemolen (born 23 October 1981 in Heemstede) is a Dutch professional racing driver. In the Chrysler Viper GTS-R he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great success. He competed in the very competitive German Formula Three Champion ...
and
Germany
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's
Nico Hülkenberg
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both retired on the same lap, leaving Jarvis to finish second, behind
Italy
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's
Enrico Toccacelo
Enrico Toccacelo (born 14 December 1978 in Rome) is an Italian auto racer with karting, GT and Formula 3000 experience. He won three F3000 events and briefly led Vitantonio Liuzzi in the 2004 championship before Liuzzi went on to win the next thr ...
.
Jarvis' next outing was at the
Mexico
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round. This time Jarvis went one better, winning the
Feature race for
Great Britain
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's first ever A1 Grand Prix victory.
During the
Pokka 1000km in Suzuka, Jarvis won the race partnering with
Juichi Wakisaka
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and
André Lotterer
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despite not having to drive throughout the race.
Jarvis now raced from 2008 until 2011 in the
DTM for
Audi
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Th ...
. Although he did not get a cockpit for the 2012 season, he competed in the
2012 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi.
In 2013, Jarvis raced for
Alex Job Racing
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with an
Audi R8 Grand-Am in the
24 Hours of Daytona
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. He won the class. He also won the
2013 12 Hours of Sebring and came third at the
2013 24 Hours of Le Mans in an
Audi R18 e-tron quattro
The Audi R18 is a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racing car constructed by the German car manufacturer Audi AG. It is the successor to the Audi R15 TDI. Like its predecessor, the R18 uses a TDI turbocharged diesel engine but with a reduced capacity ...
.
When Audi pulled out of WEC, he signed a contract to race in the
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
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for
Bentley
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during 2017. He also raced in the WEC under Jackie Chan DC Racing in LMP2. This led to him getting a class victory at Le Mans 24 Hours and second overall. They went on to score second in the championship standings.
For 2018, he will be racing in the
IMSA GT Championship
IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States, and occasionally in Canada.
History
The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill ...
for
Mazda Team Joest.
Racing record
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Super GT results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(
key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
*† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90 per cent of the winner's race distance.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
References
External links
Official websiteGallery of Oliver's first A1GP Team GBR Official Test, at Silverstone
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1984 births
Living people
People from Burwell, Cambridgeshire
English racing drivers
A1 Team Great Britain drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Formula Ford drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
Karting World Championship drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
American Le Mans Series drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
Super GT drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
12 Hours of Sebring drivers
24H Series drivers
Carlin racing drivers
Manor Motorsport drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
Motaworld Racing drivers
Meyer Shank Racing drivers
Team Joest drivers
Audi Sport drivers
United Autosports drivers
W Racing Team drivers
G-Drive Racing drivers
Kolles Racing drivers
Phoenix Racing drivers
Abt Sportsline drivers
TOM'S drivers
Multimatic Motorsports drivers
Nismo drivers
KCMG drivers
Victory Engineering drivers
Comtec Racing drivers
Jota Sport drivers
People educated at King's Ely