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.
History The team was founded as a garage and race preparation business. In the 1980s JVA ran in Formula Ford, 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 a1podium.com in A1 Grand Prix.
Series results A1 Grand Prix resultsA1 Grand Prix complete results results.a1gp.com Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2005–06 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Canada 22 1 0 0 59 11th 2006–07 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Canada 22 0 0 1 33 11th 2007–08 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Canada 20 1 2 1 75 9th
Italian Formula 3000/Euro Formula 3000Italian/Euro Formula 3000 complete results speedsportmag.com and International Formula MasterDrivers career results driverdb.com results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2002 Lola B99/50-Zytek Romain Dumas 9 3 1 1 422nd3rd Peter Boss 9 0 0 0 0 NC 2003 Lola B99/50-Zytek Peter Boss 9 0 0 0 12 7th 6th Joel Nelson 9 0 1 0 12 7th 2004 Lola B99/50-Zytek Jonny Reid 10 1 0 0 25 4th2nd Alex Lloyd 6 1 2 1 19 6th Tomáš Kostka 1 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Lola B99/50-Zytek Tor Graves 8 0 0 0 23 5th 4th Dominik Jackson 2 0 0 0 11 10th Robbie Kerr 1 1 1 0 10 11th Scott Mansell 1 0 0 0 3 14th 2007 Tatuus FM07-Honda Tor Graves 12 0 0 0 1 29th 13th Jon Barnes 2 0 0 0 0 NC D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
References
External links team-jva.com, Team JVA official website