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Jack Harvey says the only criteria his management team have for next year is to deliver him a full-time drive.

The Lincolnshire racing driver is currently negotiating for another one-off drive in IndyCar, following his debut in the series at the Indy 500 last month.

But having returned to racing for the build-up and the 500 itself, Harvey, from Bassingham, says it has hit hard how much he has missed full-time racing.

Now, the former British Formula 3 champion says while IndyCar is his target a move to a sports car series may be a possibility if it would mean a full-time drive.

“I have told my manager the only criteria for next year is to get me a full-time drive,” said Harvey.

“Whether that is in IndyCar, Sports Car, Tiddly Winks or whatever, I want a full-time drive as a professional driver.

“I want to be in a situation where I can race full-time. What the Indy 500 really showed me was how much I missed driving full-time. Being competitive, being on track and laying it all on the line.”

Harvey moved to the USA in 2014 to race in the Indy Lights series for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, a feeder series for IndyCar. He finished in second place and was awarded another year in the series in 2015, again finishing as runner-up in the championship.

However, for 2016, the 24-year-old lost his sponsorship from the Racing Steps Foundation and had been in the motor racing wilderness until his recent drive in the Indy 500 for Andretti Autosport.

Harvey’s Indy 500 bid ended when another driver hit the wall and left debris spilling onto the track which hit his car and caused him to spin out of the race.

However, the British driver had done enough during the build-up and during the race to impress many people in the IndyCar world.

“The off-season always gives you time to reflect on what drives are available across every branch of motorsport,” said Harvey.

“I am quite lucky with the sponsors I currently have who are looking to build a bigger programme and presence in IndyCar. They want to do that with me, so will that make me a full-time driver? Maybe.

“If we get a full season of IndyCar there is no-where to progress to after that, we are there. So the immediate goal is to see what IndyCar opportunities there are.

“If we get to September and see that the interest is not what it would need to be for a full IndyCar drive, then we will look at sports car racing.

“The nice thing for me was I jumped in the car [at Indy] and was immediately comfortable. I did not look out of place and I ticked all the boxes you would expect.

“I was proud of what I did at the 500. I didn’t make any silly mistakes and I wasn’t out of my depth.”