Tim Harvey

Tim Harvey, MBE (born on 20 November 1961, Farnborough, UK) is a British racing driver best known for winning the 1988 World Touring Car Masters.

He is widely regarded as one of the finest touring car drivers of his generation, having achieved great success in both international and domestic series before he ended his top line career in 2002.

World Touring Car Masters

Harvey joined the World Touring Car Masters in the inaugural 1988 season driving for Ford alongside Andy Rouse, Steve Soper and Roland Ratzenberger. Harvey shocked the paddock by beating his vastly more experienced teammates and taking six wins on his way to an unexpected title win.

Despite the title win with Rousesport, Ford opted to link up with the German Zakspeed outfit in 1989. However, Harvey recieved a lucrative offer from Mercedes-Benz to lead up their Class C outfit for the next two years. Harvey made the jump to Stuttgart and was joined by Mauro Baldi, Armin Hahne and an aging Jochen Mass. Class C was more challenging than the top class, with strong competition coming not only from German rivals BMW but also from strong independent outfits such as Prodrive. Harvey only managed a single class win in 1989, but was consistent enough to finish the year second in class behind Prodrive's Johnny Cecotto.

Harvey remained at Mercedes-Benz in 1990.

Later Career

Following his retirement from top level competition, Harvey became a mainstay in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, taking the series title in 2008 and 2010 - becoming the championship's most successful driver in the process.

He combined this program with a commentator role for ITV as part of their coverage of the British Touring Car Championship, with most of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB races being a part of the TOCA package.

Complete Career Results

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																						WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL			1st	254	1st	369
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT Ret	BAT 15	FUJ 1	FUJ 3	GLN 1	GLN 1	NOR 4	NOR 2	KYA Ret	KYA 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	CHA 2	CHA 3	BIR 1	BIR 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 2	SPA Ret	SPA 3	NUR Ret
1989	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	19th	60	2nd	266
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 19	FUJ Ret	GLN 14	GLN 21	KYA Ret	KYA 23	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN 13	BRN 19	MNZ 13	MNZ 25	CHA 8	CHA 17	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	SPA 12	SPA Ret	NUR 7	NUR 16	BAT 11