John Bovy
John Bovy (born 8th February, 1987 in Hillsborough, Carriacou) is a racing driver, the first RWRS driver from Grenada. He currently races in the GT-Rejects World Championship.
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Career
Early career
Bovy started karting at the age of 9, 5 years and a few European titles later he moved to British Formula Ford, winning the championship and the Festival in 2004. After finishing 3rd in the British F3 championship he made the step-up to GP2 for 2006, finishing 10th overall.
American Racing
ChampCar
Unable to find a seat in F1, Bovy joined Pacific Coast Motorsports in the Champ Car series, he had a remarkable first season, winning at Cleveland, Toronto and Assen and losing the title to Sebastien Bourdais by 15 points. He easily secured the Rookie of the Year award.
IndyCar
After the reunification of American open-wheel racing in 2008, Bovy continued with Pacific Coast in the Indycar Series, running on street and road courses only as he was not comfortable with racing on ovals. His part-time season was a major success, finishing 2nd at St. Petersburg and Long Beach and winning almost every subsequent road/street course event.
European Racing
Formula One
Bovy's US results caught the attention of Prodrive, who agreed to run him in all Friday Free Practice sessions in 2009. His times often were close to and occasionally beat those set by the regular drivers.
Prodrive left the sport ahead of 2010, leading him to move to Lola F1 where he would finally make his full-time debut alongside Mark Webber. He finished most races, but points were few and far between. Lola were forced to drop him at the end of the season due to sponsorship issues.
Auto GP
Bovy moved to Auto GP for 2011, driving for Sino Vision Racing and finished 6th in points.
RWRS
GT-R
After his F1 career was over, Bovy moved to RWRS in the GT-Rejects World Championship driving Kun Engineering's #87 Ferrari 575.
Motorsports career results
American open–wheel racing results
Champ Car
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pacific Coast Motorsports | LVS 3 |
LBH 2 |
HOU 4 |
POR 7 |
CLE 1 |
MTT 2 |
TOR 1 |
EDM 6 |
SJO 5 |
ROA 14 |
ZOL 5 |
ASN 1 |
SRF 3 |
MXC 2 |
2nd | 310 |
IndyCar Series
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Pacific Coast Motorsports | HMS |
STP 2 |
MOT1 DNP |
LBH1 2 |
KAN |
INDY |
MIL |
TXS |
IOW |
RIR |
WGL 1 |
NSH |
MDO 1 |
EDM 2 |
KTY |
SNM 1 |
DET 2 |
CHI |
SRF2 1 |
16th | 310 |
1 Run on same day.
2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
Complete Formula One results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lola | Lola T10/30 | Mercedes FO 108X | BAH | USA | JPN | AUS | TUR | EUR | MON | GBR | IRE | GER | ESP | ITA | HUN | SIN | KOR | BRA | URU | ABU | 22nd | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 22 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 18 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 23 | ||||||
Complete GT-Rejects World Championship results
| Season | Team | Car | Class | Number | Co-driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kun Engineering | Ferrari 575 GTC | I | 87 |  Jayleeen Mori
|
MAL 7 |
AUS 15 |
ITA 22 |
CAN | USA | GER | GBR | BEL | ARG | BRA | CHI | JAP | HSR | 6* | 10th* | |
 Bobby Lomack
|
FRA 7 |
