 2008 – British Racing Drivers' Club National Racing Driver of the Year

Turvey attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith, Cumbria in England and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge as an undergraduate, where he studied engineering.In late 2007, he applied to become a Cambridge Full Blue, the highest honour that can be awarded to a sportsman at the university.He completed his bachelor's degree in 2008 and was awarded the Full Blue by the university; the first ever racing driver to be awarded the accolade.