Oliver Jarvis
| Oliver Jarvis | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
9 January 1984 Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England |
| DTM career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Audi Sport Team Abt |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Starts | 42 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2009 |
| Previous series | |
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2009 2007 2007 2007 2006–07, 2007–08 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004–05 2003–04 2002–03 |
Asian Le Mans Series Japanese F3 Super GT Porsche Carrera Cup GB A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 3.5 Series British F3 Formula Ford 1600 Dutch Formula Renault Formula Renault UK FR2.0 UK Winter Series British Formula Ford |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007 2005 |
Macau Grand Prix Formula Renault UK |
| Awards | |
| 2005 | McLaren Autosport Award |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Participating years | 2010, 2012- |
| Teams | Kolles, Audi Sport North America |
| Best finish | 3rd (twice), (2012) & (2013) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Oliver Jarvis (born 9 January 1984) is a British professional racing driver from England currently racing in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for Bentley.
Born in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, he was educated at The King's School, Ely.
Jarvis was first introduced to motorsport from an early age when his father Carl was competing in Formula Ford 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'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 category for two successful seasons before moving up to Formula Renault.
2005 proved to be an outstanding year of achievements for Jarvis when he became the 2005 Formula Renault UK 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 legend Sir Stirling Moss.
2006 saw Jarvis move up to the British F3 International Series, racing for the famous Carlin Motorsport team, run by Trevor Carlin. Jarvis was an instant success, and won two races, beating Bruno Senna (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.
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