The Young Drivers: No.9 - Oliver Jarvis
In the rundown to the 2008 Autosport Awards, autosport.com will count down the top ten McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winners, reliving the success of their winning year and looking at what they've gone on to achieve since
Where were they then?
Jarvis came to the fore in his second year of Formula Renault at the age of 21, clinching the title in the season finale. This is what Autosport magazine wrote about him at the time...
Oliver Jarvis could barely have wished for the success that 2005 has brought him. He's gone from being largely unknown at the beginning of the year to Formula Renault UK champion, BRDC Rising Star, and now McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner in just nine months. The Award caps off what has been a dream season for the 21-year-old from Burwell, Cambridgeshire as he turned himself into a winner, a champion, and one of the brightest lights in British motorsport.
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