Rickard Rydell

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Rickard Rydell
Rickard Rydell 2012.jpg
Rydell at the first Ring Knutstorp round of the 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish
Born (1967-09-22) 22 September 1967 (age 56)
Vallentuna, (Sweden)
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2005
Current team NIKA Racing
Car number69
Former teams SEAT Sport
Chevrolet
Starts100
Wins5
Poles3
Fastest laps5
Best finish5th in 2008
Previous series
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
2003
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2002
2001
2001
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1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1992
1991
1990
1990
1989
1988–89, 1987–88
1987		 STCC
STCC
WTCC
WTCC
WTCC
WTCC
WTCC
TC2000
STCC (Sweden)
ETCC
V8 Supercars
ETCC
ETCC
STCC (Sweden)
FIA GT Championship
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC
All-Japan F3 Championship
All-Japan F3 Championship
Japanese Formula 3000
British F3 Championship
British Formula 3000
All Japan Sports Prototype
International Formula 3000
British F3 Championship
Swedish F3 Championship
European F3 Cup
Championship titles
1998
2011 		BTCC
STCC

John Rickard Rydell [1] (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Swedish racing driver. He won the 1998 British Touring Car Championship, the 2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, and has also been a frontrunner in the European/World Touring Car Championship.

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Early career

Rydell was born in Vallentuna, Stockholm. Initially he trained to be an accountant at AB Rydell, [2] his family's flower boutique business, but was bitten by the racing bug. [3] In the early 1990s, he raced in various Formula Three series. He also won pole position in the 1991 Macau Grand Prix, and won the 1992 race. He competed in Japanese F3 in 1992 and 1993, British F3 in 1989 and 1991, and the Swedish F3 series in 1987 and 1988. In 1990, he raced in F3000. In 1984–1985, he won the Swedish 100cc go kart championship.

Touring cars

BTCC

Rydell driving for Volvo in the 1996 British Touring Car Championship. Rickard Rydell 1996 BTCC.jpg
Rydell driving for Volvo in the 1996 British Touring Car Championship.

His first year in the BTCC was 1994, when his car was quite distinctive, driving a Volvo 850 Estate, when it was normal to race saloons. The TWR team switched to a saloon in 1995 and Rydell took pole for 13 of the 24 races, but due to several slow starts he won only 4 times and he finished on podium 7 times. At the end of the year he was third in the championship, a result repeated in 1996 although Audi dominated with Frank Biela he was able to score 4 victories and 6 podium. In 1997 Volvo switch from 850 saloon to new model Volvo S40, at the end of year he was fourth with 1 victory and 5 podium. In 1998, he finally won the BTCC title in a Volvo with 5 victories and 12 podium, beating Anthony Reid at the final meeting. He also won the 1998 Super Touring Bathurst 1000, sharing a Volvo S40 with Jim Richards. In 1999 he was again third behind the two Nissan Primera with 4 victories and 7 podium.

After five years with Volvo, he was loaned to Ford (Prodrive) for 2000 where he finished for the fourth time in seven years third behind his two teammates Alain Menu and Anthony Reid.

ETCC

He spent 2001 largely waiting for his ETCC Volvo S60 to be built, but he raced a Ferrari 550 Maranello in the FIA GT Championship for the Prodrive team. In 2002 he raced in the ETCC finishing 5th with 8 podiums while in 2003, without official Volvo's support, he finished just 11th with only 2 podiums.

He moved to SEAT's SEAT Sport team in 2004 for the ETCC driving Seat Toledo Cupra ending 10th with 1 victory and 1 podium. In 2004 he also took part in two races in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, claiming one victory.

WTCC

2005 season

SEAT and Rydell continued in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) when it replaced the ETCC for 2005. He finished sixth in the championship, winning race two at Silverstone and 4 podium.

2006 season

He continued with SEAT for 2006, finishing seventh, with just 4 podium.

2007 season

Rydell lost his SEAT drive for 2007, and instead drove an Aston Martin DBR9 with the Prodrive team in the GT Championship having previously worked with the team when using Ferrari's in 2004.

Rydell raced in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans with David Brabham and Darren Turner and they won in the GT1 class.

On the WTCC weekend in Anderstorp, Sweden, Rydell returned to the category as a fourth driver for the Chevrolet team and a local hero guest driver. He won the second race of the day, ahead of teammates Nicola Larini and Alain Menu ignoring the team order not to attack their teammate, in particular Larini who was fighting for the title championship and losing the opportunity to continue with RML until the end of the season.

Prior to the last event of the 2007 WTCC calendar in Macau, Rydell was chosen by the SEAT Sport team to race for them as an additional driver to help the team take home at least one of the main championships, either the Driver's championship via SEAT's Yvan Muller winning, or the Manufacturer's championship. The weekend though did not set off as planned, due to Rickard starting 14th on the race 1 grid and Yvan Muller started 2nd behind the eventual winner of the first race Alain Menu in the RML run Chevrolet. Rickard finished 11th in the first race with Yvan Muller leading 8 of the 9 laps of the race, but due to a fuel pressure problem Muller's race weekend ended on the 8th lap even before he was able to get to the pits. During the second race Rickard had a much better race than the first as he finished in 6th, but unfortunately his efforts were not enough to help SEAT clinch the Manufacturer's crowns, as the championship went to the reigning Manufacturer's champions BMW.

2008 season

Rydell driving the SEAT Leon at Brands Hatch. Rickard Rydell 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg
Rydell driving the SEAT Léon at Brands Hatch.

Rydell was re-signed by SEAT as one of their drivers in their five strong driver line up for an assault on the 2008 WTCC season. Rickard finished fifth in the final standings, winning once at Estoril and once at Okayama.

2009 season

Rickard raced for SEAT yet again in 2009, winning at Puebla and finishing seventh overall in the final standings.

2011 season

Rickard Rydell returns to racing after a year as a commentator of the STCC for Swedish TV. He was signed to Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden team with the Cruze joining as team with his teammate Viktor Hallrup a developmental driver for the team in his second season with the team, with first season being with the Lacetti. Rickard came in as a booster driver for Chevrolet Sweden to gain results for the team as their developmental driver was still not up to speed with the top runners. Rickard won the title* at the last race of the season at Mantorp by just 2 points to Frederik Ekblom. [4]

  • This is under debate for Rydell passing under yellows which are not present till Turn 2, but Volkswagen (VW) Team Biogas.se brought in former STCC champion Thed Bjork, and he slowed down before Turn 1 letting three cars past before the first yellow flag light. At present VW have appealed and failed 3 times fourth might be soon. [5]

The two pieces of evidence that Volkswagen Team Biogas.se brought in: Photo and Video, [6] both illustrated on touringcartimes.com

This is Rydell Second National Touring car title after the BTCC championship in 1998, although he won the Bathurst 1000 that year also which was his last touring car title before his return to form in 2011.

Next year[ when? ] he will be defending his STCC title however, Frederik Ekblom will not be contesting in the STCC as he has signed with Volvo Polestar in the silhouette touring car championship run by the TTA which is based on a Volvo C30 chassis and many teams and successful Swedish drivers, i.e. Jan "Flash" Nilsson and Richard Göransson Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine , who were STCC BMW drivers in the 2011 season.

2013 season

Rydell joined NIKA Racing for the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of China to drive their Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T. [7]

In a 2005 poll run by Motorsport Magazine, Rydell was voted 18th greatest touring car driver of all time. [8]

Rydell announced his retirement from motorsport in early 2016. [9]

GT racing

Rydell won the GT1 class of the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing an Aston Martin DBR9 with David Brabham and Darren Turner. Aston Martin DBR9 24h200701.JPG
Rydell won the GT1 class of the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing an Aston Martin DBR9 with David Brabham and Darren Turner.

Rydell raced in the 2001 FIA GT Championship for Prodrive, after the team had built a Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello. The aim was to showcase the competitiveness of the car and tempt potential race teams to buy the vehicle from Prodrive. Consequently, there were numerous drivers of the vehicle that season, Rickard being one of them. He drove five races that year, finishing 3rd at the Nurburgring and two overall victories at the A1 Ring and Jarama respectively.

He moved back to touring cars for his full-time programmes from 2002, but competed with Prodrive in the Ferrari again at the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans, sadly retiring. For the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans the Prodrive Ferrari-Rydell combination finished on the GTS-class podium in third, Rickard sharing the car with Darren Turner and rally-driver Colin McRae.

After a hiatus of two years, Rickard once again teamed up with Prodrive for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, this time in an Aston Martin DBR9. Sharing the car with Darren Turner and David Brabham, Rydell won the GT1 class.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Schuppan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omron Racing		 Flag of the United States.svg Hurley Haywood
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Taylor 		Porsche 962CC133212th12th
2002 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Prodrive Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge 		Ferrari 550-GTS MaranelloGTS167DNFDNF
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Prodrive Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae 		Ferrari 550-GTS MaranelloGTS3299th3rd
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT13435th1st

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1992 Team Cerumo SUZ
16		 FUJ
6		 MIN
Ret		 SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ 18th1

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded 1996 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point given)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPts
1994 Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850 SE/GLT THR
1
15		 BRH
1
22		 BRH
2
15		 SNE
1
Ret		 SIL
1
19		 SIL
2
13		 OUL
1
5		 DON
1
11		 DON
2
Ret		 BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
8		 SIL
1
8		 KNO
1
8		 KNO
2
10		 OUL
1
Ret		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
8		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
12		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
12		14th27
1995 Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850 20v DON
1
4		 DON
2
1		 BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
3		 THR
1
9		 THR
2
4		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
2		 OUL
1
1		 OUL
2
2		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
DNS		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
6		 SIL
1
17		 KNO
1
1		 KNO
2
2		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
3		 SNE
1
14		 SNE
2
Ret		 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
10		 SIL
1
7		 SIL
2
Ret		3rd255
1996 Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850 20v DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
3		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
3		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
8		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
5		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
1		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
5		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
12		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
4		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
1		 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
Ret		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
1		 DON
1
1		 DON
2
Ret		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
Ret		3rd194
1997 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
2		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
2		 THR
1
5		 THR
2
5		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
16		 OUL
1
6		 OUL
2
3		 DON
1
5		 DON
2
7		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
9		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
7		 SNE
1
5		 SNE
2
5		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
7		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
1		 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
7		4th137
1998 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 THR
1
1		 THR
2
2*		 SIL
1
5		 SIL
2
Ret		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
7*		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
1*		 OUL
1
2		 OUL
2
2		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
Ret		 CRO
1
4		 CRO
2
1*		 SNE
1
5		 SNE
2
2*		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
3*		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
3		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
1*		 OUL
1
11		 OUL
2
4		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
3		1st254
1999 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 DON
1
7		 DON
2
Ret		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
Ret		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
2*		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
Ret		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
Ret		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
4		 CRO
1
4		 CRO
2
1*		 SNE
1
2		 SNE
2
8		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
Ret*		 KNO
1
6		 KNO
2
5		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
5*		 OUL
1
3		 OUL
2
3		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
1*		3rd192
2000 Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
4*		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
3*		 THR
1
4		 THR
2
Ret		 KNO
1
1		 KNO
2
2		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
Ret		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
DSQ		 CRO
1
1		 CRO
2
1*		 SNE
1
3		 SNE
2
5		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
6		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
2		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
8		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
DNS		3rd178

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2001 Flash Engineering Volvo S40 FAL
1 		FAL
2 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		JYL
1 		JYL
2 		FAL
1 		FAL
2 		KNU
1 		KNU
2 		MOI
1 		MOI
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		KNU
1 		KNU
2 		MAN
1
16		 MAN
2
3		15th20
2004 SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo KNU
1 		KNU
2 		FAL
1 		FAL
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		MAN
1
5		 MAN
2
1		 KNU
1 		KNU
2 		KNU
1 		KNU
2 		ARC
1 		ARC
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		15th26

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2002 Volvo S60 Racing Team Volvo S60 MAG
1
4		 MAG
2
4		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
3		 BRN
1
Ret		 BRN
2
6		 JAR
1
10		 JAR
2
14†		 AND
1
3		 AND
2
2		 OSC
1
3		 OSC
2
3		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
2		 PER
1
10		 PER
2
11		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
Ret		 EST
1
2		 EST
2
4		5th56
2003 ART Engineering Volvo S60 VAL
1
18†		 VAL
2
10		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
Ret		 PER
1
14		 PER
2
Ret		 BRN
1
Ret		 BRN
2
9		 DON
1
5		 DON
2
3		 SPA
1
11		 SPA
2
Ret		 AND
1
7		 AND
2
3		 OSC
1
12		 OSC
2
13		 EST
1
Ret		 EST
2
DNS		 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		11th18
2004 SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra MNZ
1
10		 MNZ
2
10		 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
Ret		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
DNS		 HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
5		 BRN
1
2		 BRN
2
12		 DON
1
22		 DON
2
19		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
11		 IMO
1
11		 IMO
2
5		 OSC
1
7		 OSC
2
1		 DUB
1
15		 DUB
2
DNS		10th29

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results

YearTeamCar12345678910111213Final posPoints
2003 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA ADL PHI ECK WIN PTH HDV QLD ORP SAN
7		 BAT
7		 SUR PUK ECK 39th168

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2005 SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra ITA
1
8		 ITA
2
Ret		 FRA
1
3		 FRA
2
11		 GBR
1
7		 GBR
2
1		 SMR
1
9		 SMR
2
4		 MEX
1
3		 MEX
2
6		 BEL
1
11		 BEL
2
Ret		 GER
1
2		 GER
2
7		 TUR
1
5		 TUR
2
7		6th57
SEAT León ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
11		 MAC
1
3		 MAC
2
7
2006 SEAT Sport SEAT León ITA
1
6		 ITA
2
22		 FRA
1
3		 FRA
2
Ret		 GBR
1
5		 GBR
2
2		 GER
1
3		 GER
2
5		 BRA
1
6		 BRA
2
Ret		 MEX
1
8		 MEX
2
3		 CZE
1
Ret		 CZE
2
DNS		 TUR
1
2		 TUR
2
4		 ESP
1
23		 ESP
2
20		 MAC
1
16		 MAC
2
14		7th54
2007 Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti BRA
1 		BRA
2 		NED
1 		NED
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		SWE
1
9		 SWE
2
1		 GER
1 		GER
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		16th13
SEAT Sport SEAT León MAC
1
11		 MAC
2
6
2008 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA
1
2		 BRA
2
7		 MEX
1
2		 MEX
2
2		 ESP
1
10		 ESP
2
7		 FRA
1
6		 FRA
2
3		 CZE
1
10		 CZE
2
17		 POR
1
1		 POR
2
8		 GBR
1
11		 GBR
2
9		 GER
1
6		 GER
2
20		 EUR
1
2		 EUR
2
6		 ITA
1
16		 ITA
2
19		 JPN
1
1		 JPN
2
9		 MAC
1
Ret		 MAC
2
4		5th77
2009 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA
1
3		 BRA
2
2		 MEX
1
1		 MEX
2
3		 MAR
1
Ret		 MAR
2
DNS		 FRA
1
13		 FRA
2
Ret		 ESP
1
13		 ESP
2
14		 CZE
1
4		 CZE
2
6		 POR
1
7		 POR
2
3		 GBR
1
5		 GBR
2
4		 GER
1
3		 GER
2
11		 ITA
1
NC		 ITA
2
7		 JPN
1
25		 JPN
2
8		 MAC
1
11		 MAC
2
10		7th64
2012 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T ITA
1
4		 ITA
2
10		 ESP
1 		ESP
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		USA
1 		USA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		19th14
2013 NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T ITA
1 		ITA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ARG
1 		ARG
2 		USA
1 		USA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1
14		 CHN
2
29†		 MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC0
2015 Nika International Honda Civic WTCC ARG
1
10		 ARG
2
9		 MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1
13		 RUS
2
11		 SVK
1 		SVK
2 		FRA
1
11		 FRA
2
10		 POR
1 		POR
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		THA
1 		THA
2 		QAT
1 		QAT
2 		21st4

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2011 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze JYL
1
4		 JYL
2
5		 KNU
1
3		 KNU
2
Ret		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
4		 GÖT
1
1		 GÖT
2
5		 FAL
1
3		 FAL
2
5		 KAR
1
5		 KAR
2
4		 JYL
1
Ret		 JYL
2
5		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
6		 MAN
1
1		 MAN
2
4		1st229
2012 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
2		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
2		 STU
1
5		 STU
2
3		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
3		 ÖST
1
3		 ÖST
2
4		 JYL
1
2		 JYL
2
4		 KNU
1
3		 KNU
2
1		 SOL
1
4		 SOL
2
4		2nd258

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCo-driversCarLapsPos.
1997* Flag of Australia (converted).svg Volvo Dealer Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards Volvo 850 1594th
1998* Flag of Australia (converted).svg Volvo S40 Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards Volvo S40 1611st
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Triple Eight Race Engineering Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 1617th

* Super Touring race

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National Racing Driver of the Year
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1992		Succeeded by
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1998		Succeeded by
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1998
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