10-02-22
No racing for Rydell in 2010
After 20 years as a works driver Rickard Rydell has decided to not race this year. The Swede will not leave the sport completely as he is engaged as a pundit on Swedish tv channel Viasat Motor. Rydell also keeps the door open for a return to touringcars in 2011.
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10-01-14 - SEAT quits WTCC
After an uncertain autumn and winter SEAT announced on Wednesday that they withdraw their factory team from the WTCC.
”It’s sad for both SEAT Sport and the WTCC”, said Rickard Rydell.

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09-12-11 - F3 test for 2009 Rydell Award winner
Since 1999 the Rydell Special Award is presented to a young promising Swedish racing driver by Rickard Rydell and motoring magazine Bilsport. The 2009 winner will be announced at the Bilsportgala in Örebro on January 23 and this year’s prize includes a Formula 3 test at Silverstone with Performance Racing!
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09-11-22 - Rydell 7th in the WTCC
Rickard Rydell finished the season with 10th and 11th place in Macau. The series’ only Swede claimed 7th overall. Gabriele Tarquinin was crowned drivers’ champion and SEAT won the manufacturers’ championship.
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Rydell Special Award is presented to a young, promising Swedish racing driver with ambitions to race in an international single seater series. The 50.000 SEK prize is presented to the winner at the annual Bilsport Award in Sweden.

”This is a way for me, in cooperation with motoring magazine Bilsport, to give something back to the sport that have given me so much over the years”, says Rickard Rydell.

2008 - Felix Rosenqvist
2007 - Marcus Ericsson
2006 - Alexander Haegermark
2005 - Daniel Roos
2004 - Sebastian Hohenthal
2003 - Sebastian Hohenthal
2002 - Niklas Petersson
2001 - Alexander Storckenfeldt
2000 - Alx Danielsson
1999 - Robin Rudholm