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Rickard Rydell
Rydell at the first Ring Knutstorp round of the 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season.
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1967-09-22) 22 September 1967 (age 57)
Vallentuna, Sweden
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2005
Current teamNIKA Racing
Car number69
Former teamsSEAT Sport
Chevrolet
Starts100
Wins5
Poles3
Fastest laps5
Best finish5th in 2008
Previous series
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
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.

Early career

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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

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BTCC

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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

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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

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2005 season

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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

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

2007 season

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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

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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

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

2011 season

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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 [1] Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, who were STCC BMW drivers in the 2011 season.

2013 season

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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

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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

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1990 Australia Team Schuppan
Australia Omron Racing 		United States Hurley Haywood
South Africa Wayne Taylor 		Porsche 962C C1 332 12th 12th
2002 United Kingdom Prodrive Switzerland Alain Menu
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 167 DNF DNF
2004 United Kingdom Prodrive Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
United Kingdom Colin McRae 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 329 9th 3rd
2007 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Darren Turner 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 343 5th 1st

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1992 Team Cerumo SUZ
16 		FUJ
6 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ 18th 1

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(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)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos Pts
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 		14th 27
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 		3rd 255
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 		3rd 194
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 		4th 137
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 		1st 254
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* 		3rd 192
2000 Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo S 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 		3rd 178

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
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 		15th 20
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 		15th 26

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
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 		5th 56
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 		11th 18
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 		10th 29

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final pos Points
2003 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA ADL PHI ECK WIN PTH HDV QLD ORP SAN
7 		BAT
7 		SUR PUK ECK 39th 168

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
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 		6th 57
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 		7th 54
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 		16th 13
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 		5th 77
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 		7th 64
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 		19th 14
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 		NC 0
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 		21st 4

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
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 		1st 229
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 		2nd 258

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Laps Pos.
1997* Australia Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Jim Richards Volvo 850 159 4th
1998* Australia Volvo S40 Racing New Zealand Jim Richards Volvo S40 161 1st
2003 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 161 7th

* Super Touring race

References

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  1. ^ "John Rickard Rydell". allabolag.se. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ^ http://rydells.se/
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  4. ^ "TouringCarTimes - the fastest Swedish Touring Car Championship news since 1995 - STCC". Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Autosport
National Racing Driver of the Year
1998 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Touring Car Champion
1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
1998
(with Jim Richards) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
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