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James Newbold

Friday favourite: How Volvo's "no ego" pole king endeared himself to a BTCC champion

Tim Harvey only spent one year as a TWR Volvo driver in the British Touring Car Championship, between stints at Renault and Peugeot. But his 1995 season alongside Rickard Rydell sticks in the 1992 champion’s mind, for all the right reasons.

“I can say almost unequivocally my best times and favourite team-mate without any animosity, ego, anything, would be Rickard,” says Harvey, speaking backstage at the Autosport International show. “We honestly never had a bad moment between us which is rare among team-mates. I thoroughly enjoyed his team effort, his friendship, his work ethic, everything was just very easy to get on with.”

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