In 2015, Oliver Jarvis contested his first full season in the FIA WEC with Audi. Following a clear upward trend in the second half of the 2015 season, the Briton is now hoping to clinch more points and trophies in his second year.

The 2015 season could almost have you believe that the weather gods were going after Oliver Jarvis. In both Japan and China, heavy rain came pouring down whenever the Briton was sitting in the cockpit of the Audi R18 e-tron. Both times Jarvis mastered the challenge brilliantly. “That was hard work,” the 32-year-old race driver recalls. “In total, my first full WEC season was great fun. It’s nice that we increasingly gelled as a team and improved our performances.”

For the first time, the pro, who has been driving for Audi since 2008, contested a full WEC season together with Lucas di Grassi and Loïc Duval, because in the years before, Audi did not enter a third car after Le Mans. In 2012 and 2013, Jarvis was on podium with Audi at Le Mans. In 2013, he celebrated his first LMP sports car victory in the Sebring 12 Hours as well. That year, he also won the GT class in the Daytona 24 Hours for Audi. His first WEC season didn’t completely go as planned. 16 of 52 possible points from the first two races reflected the ambitions of the driver trio only inadequately, but performances in the second half of the season were all the more consistent. Jarvis and his teammates were frequently candidates for the podium and, in the end, clinched fourth place in the standings. “In 2016, we’re aiming to be in contention right from the beginning and prove our endurance qualities,” says Jarvis, who is racing with his previous teammates again this year.

Whenever his thoughts are not centered on racing for a change, the Briton finds that spending time with his family is the best way to relax. He lives in Burwell near Cambridge with his wife, Chelsea. The couple got married in 2015 and has a daughter.

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Date of birth: January 9, 1984

Place of birth: Burwell (GB)

Residence: Burwell (GB)

Marital status: married, one daughter

Height/weight: 1.80 m/70 kg

Le Mans races: 6

Sporting career

1997 1st Kart Nations Race (UK team), 1st TV Masters, British Formula JICA Kart Junior Championship, McLaren Mercedes “Champions of the Future (JICA)”

1999 1st British Formula JICA Kart Junior Championship, 1st Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup Suzuka

2002 British Formula Ford Winter Championship, British Formula Ford Championship

2003 British Formula Renault Winter Championship, British Formula Ford Championship, Formula Ford Festival

2004 British Formula Renault Championship, British Formula Renault Winter Championship

2005 1st British Formula Renault Championship; win of “McLaren Autosport BRDC Award”

2006 2nd British Formula 3 Championship (1st Rookies Class), A1GP World Cup of Motorsport for A1 Team Great Britain

2007 1st Formula 3 Grand Prix Macau, 3rd Japanese Formula 3 Championship, A1GP World Cup of Motorsport for A1 Team Great Britain

2008 13th DTM (Audi A4 DTM)

2009 9th DTM (Audi A4 DTM), 3rd round 1 Asian Le Mans Series (Audi R10 TDI)

2010 9th DTM (Audi A4 DTM), Le Mans 24 Hours (Audi R10 TDI)

2011 10th DTM (Audi A4 DTM)

2012 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (Audi R18 ultra), FIA GT1 World Championship (Audi R8 LMS ultra)

2013 1st Sebring 12 Hours, 3rd WEC Spa, 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (in Audi R18 e-tron quattro at each event), 1st GT Class Daytona 24 Hours (Audi R8 GRAND-AM), 4th Spa 24 Hours (Audi R8 LMS ultra)

2014 Le Mans 24 Hours (Audi R18 e-tron quattro), Super GT

2015 4th FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), 3rd WEC Austin (in Audi R18 e-tron quattro at each event)

2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), 1st WEC Spa, 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (in Audi R18 at each event)

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