TIM HARVEY
@timharvey7
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British Sportscar, BTCC and Porsche Champion, ITV Sport analyst, BRDC member, and motorsport media consultant.
Oxford, England
Joined March 2012
Max is a dirty driver in combat. Always has been previously with Lewis and Leclerc but never accepts responsibility which is why he keeps doing it…! 😡😡.
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Who said ‘I don’t like Mondays’. Good start to the week, new car day!!
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This is what you get when you treat bikers with contempt and greed, empty grandstands at Moto GP. I hope Silverstone learn from their abject failings. @SilverstoneUK @BRDCSilverstone
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Couldn’t agree more. The media narrative through this pandemic has been appalling sadly.
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So long Sir Stirling. You lived an incredible life, end of an era.
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Rest in peace Murray. You were and always will be THE voice of motorsport. 💔
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M25 today, 38 degrees and I see this on a so called ‘smart motorway’… Seriously? Who controls these signs and no wonder we all ignore them.
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30 years ago today, a day I will never forget. With just 7 points between @ASuttonRacing @JakeHillDriver @Tomingram80 who will win this year? #BTCC
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I just wanted to thank everyone publicly for the good wishes I received throughout the weekend on my return to racing on the TOCA programme after 10 years away. I was frankly unprepared for such interest and support, an emotional weekend I won’t forget. Motorsport fans are ace!
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1966, me stood next to my mother before a sprint at Blackbush. 2020, @Andre_Lotterer and Fred Wakeman have just won the TT at Goodwood in the same car! #gwspeedweek @GoodwoodRRC
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In researching for another article I came across this priceless letter. Sent to me and Alain Menu after an on track clash at the BTCC support race at the Silverstone Grand Prix meeting… 🤣🤣 @BTCC
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Think you can drive a bit. ? Then just watch this, the skill level here is off the chart!.
Onboard with @kevinestre on the rainy #Nordschleife. Driving our #Porsche #911GT3R No. 911 during #TopQ2 @24hNBR 2021. Watch the whole lap on YouTube ➡️
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Tyres have absolutely no place on the apex of fast corners!! If this had gone through the windscreen of a following car we could be looking at a fatality. Take note, @OfficialBARCHQ @ourmotorsportuk
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I’ve had some lovely messages, cards, presents and calls already today. This has to be one of my favourite cards…
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TBT, 27 years on and still a huge BTCC talking point.
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Honestly you couldn't make this up. !.
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How. ? I mean really, how is that possible?.
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I know I'm a BTCC nut but I've got to say this year's grid looks awsome. !.
BTCC: The 2019 cars are on track together for the first time today. Follow live timing from testing at #BTCC
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2019 racing plans confirmed!! Back to where it all started 36 years ago. ! I’ve bought my first ever race car, a Van Dieman RF 81 for Classic FF1600 racing.
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Totally agree Andrew. Whoever you support adherence to the rules should be a given. As a huge fan of motorsport to see our flagship championship decided in this amateurish manner leaves a very bad taste.
Michael Masi determined the outcome of this championship. He used his discretion to interpret the rules in a way they have never been interpreted before to create a restart from which there was only going to be one winner. That is not his job.
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The biggest prize in British motorsport awaits the winner of today’s BTCC races… 30 years ago it was me! @BTCC
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Say hello to my new daily drive! Looking forward to putting big miles on this perfectly specc’d 991.2 GTS. Thanks so much to @RPMTechnik for sourcing it.
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You’re 2023 BTCC champ, the thoroughly deserving Ash Sutton. 👏👏
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I can’t remember when I last looked forward to a Grand Prix this much! Come on @GeorgeRussell63
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Well said! Both Lewis or Max would be worthy champions but deciding it this way sticks in my gullet….
@_theintercooler @Max33Verstappen @LewisHamilton @redbullracing No safety car, Lewis wins. Don’t let the lapped drivers unlap, Lewis wins. Let’s ALL the lapped drivers unlap, Lewis wins. Let Michael Masi make a decision that contravenes the regulations, Max wins. Nothing against Max, just the facts.
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So here she is!! 🤩 Thank you Porsche Centre Preston and Manthey Racing!! @Porsche_Preston @manthey_racing
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What a special week, became a Grandad and just won at the Festival meeting at Brands, 36 years after my first Festival. ! @Primoplc_UK @Audio_freaks @VertexWatch @SnettSpeed
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Someone's photo bombed your picture from the media room above. I wonder who that could be!!.
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Been asked for videos of the 956 from Monday. Happy to oblige… 1/2
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So yesterday was a big day behind the wheel with the Ring and journey home. I can honestly say I loved every second of it! I’m 60 next month but the love of cars and driving is undiminished…Long may it continue, we only have one life…
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New bike (to me) day! Thanks to Crescent Motorcycles for building this road legal track bike. Some lovely trick parts fitted beautifully, can’t wait to get it on track… @crescentmoto
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Who needs mates when you’ve got these two…? 🤣🤣.
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I can’t tell you how good it feels to be back @Brands_Hatch watching @BTCC testing and catching up in person with everyone. 👍👍
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I have been an @autosport reader for 44 years and have every copy since I started racing in 1983 but that’s it, subscription cancelled.
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Collected the new track weapon today. Just one previous owner, a certain Mr P Hickman…! @phrperformance @peterhickman60
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Thanks, but I’ll let you know a little secret. We LOVE doing BTCC!!.
If there was one thing you could rely on in 2020 it was the brilliant coverage by @itvmotorsport. Can’t have been easy to organise. Well played @timharvey7 @LouGoodmanMedia Steve Rider @addison1972 @PaulONeill29 @MartynReardon and all the team 👏👏👏#BTCC
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Still considering the drama of Sunday at Brands. Just watched all three races back, my conclusion. all three would be thoroughly deserving champions. Spare a thought also for all the families and team personnel of all three. @BTCC @ColinTurkington @DanCammish @AndrewJordan77
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Such sad news, I’ve known Steve for over 30 years and cannot imagine the Neal family without him. He leaves a lasting legacy on not just motorsport but so many individuals as well. 🙏.
It is with great sadness we report the passing of our leader Steve Neal, the visionary founder of Team Dynamics Motorsport and a true racing icon. His passion and leadership brought countless victories & championships, earning him respect and admiration. Godspeed, Steve #RIP
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One of my favourite drives of the year, the A701 from Moffat to Edinburgh. Itself reason enough not to fly. !
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Homeward bound, had a fabulous week in the IOM after 2 years away.
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The GR Yaris is addictive, I only went out to buy wine but ended up 50 miles away @CaffandMac !! @ToyotaUK @ToyotaPR @TOYOTA_GR
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Seriously. ??? You clearly do not know me or the BTCC very well, I would never suggest such a thing, especially as a former driver. Please stop trying to create a story from nothing.
Ridiculous that @timharvey7, @BTCC commentator, is suggesting that today’s racing is more exciting and better because there are crashes - completely disregarding the risk to drivers, marshals and fans in the process! #BTCC.
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Perfect weather for tonight’s practice and a great spot to watch at the famous Crosby jump… @ttracesofficial
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Cut here. ! Carpel Tunnel surgery today, will soon be back to full throttle… 🤞🤞
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Just watched the Grand Prix back. Oh dear what was the director doing, cutting away twice from the only side by side action in the whole race? 😠😠.
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Should have been leaving for the TT tomorrow, instead we had a 280 mile ride out to Hunstanton for fish and chips. !!
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So here it is… Clearly TOCA officials don’t know the difference between gaining a position and keeping a position as in my book Tom Ingram was ahead the whole time…!! 😡😡
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Received in the post today, this hand painted model of my final Carrera Cup race and win. Sadly no note but I’d love to know who sent it to pass on my thanks. Signature is genuine and I remember signing it, can the generous sender please come forward. ? @PorscheRacesGB
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Thank you God, BTCC 2020 would have been a travesty without this combo on the grid. @BTCC @itvmotorsport.
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Not long now… looking forward to my 37th year in the @BTCC paddock. A little taster from @itvmotorsport
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28 years between these two winning BTCC cars and both brilliant!.
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Note to self, things I must not discuss on social media. politics and climate change. !!.
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So, my weekend just got a whole lot more exciting, but I promise I'll be watching all 3 @BTCC races.
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Ten years and ten kilos on, let’s do this!! Thanks for the opportunity @PorscheRacesGB I’m buzzing to get going….
The most successful driver in #Porsche #CarreraCupGB history, 1992 @BTCC Champion @timharvey7, will make his return to Porsche one-make racing joining the Porsche Visit @Cayman_Islands #SprintChallengeGB grid as a guest driver for rounds 9&10 at #Thruxton:
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Another great weekend working with the ITV crew and some spectacular racing today at Snetterton. Thanks to Jakob Ebrey for the picture 🙏
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Awful news that Johnny Dumfries has passed away at just 62. Never mind the titles he was just Johnny to those that knew him. If you ever spent time with him you’ll never forget his zest for life. RIP Johnny.
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Well I have to say what a pleasure it’s been to enjoy some genuine club motorsport once again. FF1600 is where it all started for me 36 years ago and it’s still the same great racing, lots of passing and slipstreaming and a friendly paddock with no egos.
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Watching the morning news and plans to introduce autonomous driving up to 37mph on motorways. Am I missing something, sounds like a recipe for disaster. ?.
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@Keir_Starmer So what you’re saying is as Prime Minister he should have known on Wednesday what the science would be today. ? Perhaps you can tell the future but then you always were a dreamer Kier. .
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60 year old on a trackday with passenger does British GT GT4 race pace in his road car. 1min 45.15 seconds … @RPMTechnik @manthey_racing @JCR_Porsche @STBrakes #porsche
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Back in a Porsche so timekeeping duties had to be the Tag Heuer Porsche Carrera Chronograph. @TAGHeuer
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Yesterday’s hot topic, Max v Lewis. 2 racers going for it. Max using his advantage of hot tyres to try and carry more corner speed on the outside of 1 and have the inside for 2. Lewis defending his position and taking a racing line so leaving no room. Also fine. #racingincident.
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32 years ago today, but who will be BTCC champion this weekend, @JakeHillDriver or @Tomingram80 …?
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Right, we’ve a full tank of gas, a Manthey GT3 RS, a 13 mile circuit, Cup 2 R’s, a half packet of Jaffa cakes and sunglasses on! Hit it. ! @RPMTechnik @manthey_racing @MichelinTyres
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Just found this from back in the day. Black and white photo of a 100 National race at a wet Tilbury. Note total lack of bodywork and rudimentary air boxes. I’m number 73 lunging into 3rd place. !! Also I’m wearing full leathers as Karting suits had not arrived yet.
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It certainly was a great livery.
Peugeot’s @Timharvey7 leads team mate Patrick Watts, @Derekwarwick & @jclelandracing during the 1997 #BTCC Season.
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For goodness sake, the BTCC has better governance than the clowns in the stewards room at F1 races….
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