Jack Harvey (born 15 April 1993) is a British

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driver who competes full-time in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 30 Chevrolet for

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, and a former member of

McLaren McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formu ...

's Young Driver Programme.

Career

Karting

Harvey began his kart racing career at the age of nine. In 2006 he won the MSA Super One British title by a single point, and the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, both in the ICA-J class. In 2007 Harvey became a driver for the Italian Maranello team, in the newly created

KF3 OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15 (drivers must reach the age of 12 within the first semester of calendar year). This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A (JICA or ICA-J) and has changed since January 200 ...

category. He ended up winning four trophies by the end of the year, with the Andrea Margutti Trophy, another Kartmasters title, the

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championship, and became European Champion in KF3. For the 2008 season, Harvey signed with the

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Motorsport team as a KF2 driver, and became Asia-Pacific Champion.

Formula BMW

Harvey began his formula racing career in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season with Fortec Motorsport. Harvey is a member of the Racing Steps Foundation, helping young British drivers achieve success in the national and international series. He finished seventh overall in the championship, with a win at the

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-supporting round at

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and two poles at Zandvoort and

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. Following his successes, the

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made him a member of their "Rising Star" initiative. In 2010 Harvey finished the year as vice–champion after an intense battle with Robin Frijns, the eventual champion. Harvey entered the final round of the championship with a seven-point lead over Frijns, and extended his lead during the final round by taking the

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for both races; unfortunately he was pushed out of the track in the first race by DAMS driver

Javier Tarancón Javier Tarancón (born 23 November 1991) is a Spanish racing driver who has raced in karting, Formula BMW and Formula Renault. His career began in 2000 at the age of 8. Career Karting In 2000, Tarancón finished 10th in the Catalonia Karting ...

Formula 3

For 2011, Harvey moved into the

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with Carlin. Harvey finished 9th, scoring one victory and four podiums in his first season. For 2012, he set his sights on winning the championship, opting to extend his commitment with Carlin. After 7 wins amassing a total of 12 podium finishes, Jack Harvey became the

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champion. After 29 races, Jack Harvey gained 319 points. Winning the championship earned Harvey an entry for the Formula Renault 3.5 rookie test.

GP3

Harvey signed with

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to race in the GP3 Series in

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and retained the backing from Racing Steps Foundation. In the same week, Harvey was named official driver coach for Sean Walkinshaw Racing in the new

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series.

Indy Lights

For the 2014 season, Harvey moved to the United States and signed to race for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the

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series, the established junior feeder series for the

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. He finished the season in second place in the championship standings, after collecting four wins and 10 podiums in 14 races. As a consequence, in recognition of his position as the top-performing British driver in North American motorsport, he was also awarded the

's ''Earl Howe Trophy'' for 2014. Harvey returned to Schmidt Peterson for the

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. He collected two wins, six second-place finishes, and 12 top 5s in 16 races, which put him runner-up in the overall standings, behind Spencer Pigot.

IndyCar

Harvey made his IndyCar debut at the

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, driving for

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in association with

Andretti Autosport Andretti Autosport is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, Indy Pro 2000, and Formula E. The team also has a 37.5% ownership stake in the Australian Supercars Championship touring car team, Walkinshaw Andretti ...

. He finished 31st after contact with debris from Conor Daly's car on lap 65. Later in the 2017 IndyCar season, Harvey replaced Sebastián Saavedra (who himself had replaced

Mikhail Aleshin Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin ( rus, Михаи́л Петро́вич Алёшин, p=mʲɪxɐˈil pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲɵʂɨn, born 22 May 1987 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the F ...

) at

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for the final two races of the season. For the 2018 IndyCar season, Harvey rejoined Michael Shank Racing, in a technical partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, for 6 races. In 2019, the Meyer Shank Racing program upped its schedule to 10 races. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Harvey ran in all the races.

2021

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Harvey and Meyer Shank Racing would run a full schedule. Throughout the year Harvey and MSR showed significant improvements, especially in qualifying where Harvey was frequently a Q2 or better qualifier throughout much of the race weekends. Harvey announced during IndyCar's summer break that he would depart Meyer Shank Racing at the end of the year after being offered a contract by an undisclosed team. On 11 October 2021, it was announced that Harvey would race for

in 2022. He will drive the #45 Honda Hy-Vee car.

Racing record

Career summary

As Harvey was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

American open-wheel racing results

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

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

( key) * Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Jack 1993 births Living people People from North Kesteven District English racing drivers Formula BMW Europe drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers GP3 Series drivers Indy Lights drivers IndyCar Series drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Eurasia Motorsport drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Carlin racing drivers ART Grand Prix drivers Arrow McLaren SP drivers Meyer Shank Racing drivers Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers Formula BMW Pacific drivers Andretti Autosport drivers