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Daniel Lloyd became the first-ever
winner of the TCR UK Drivers’
Championship title when he took
victory in the series’ penultimate race
of the 2018 season at Donington Park.
His solitary rival for the title, Oliver
Taylor, could only finish fourth and so
Lloyd clinched the title with one race in
hand. The result meant WestCoast
Racing won both TCR UK titles, having
already secured the Teams’
championship at the previous round at
Croft.
Following a morning of heavy rain and
an incident involving several cars in one
of the support races, both TCR UK races
were delayed and shortened in length
to fifteen minutes in duration. Despite
the treacherous conditions, both races
were relatively incident-free and saw
some of the closest racing of the
season.
WestCoast Racing had locked out the
first three positions in Qualifying, with
Lloyd on pole for Race 1 ahead of
Swedish siblings Andreas and Jessica
Bäckman. Taylor qualified fourth and
knew his only real chance of taking the
title fight to the final race lay in
making a good start. He duly passed
Lloyd becomes the first
TCR UK Champion
HIM AND PRICE SHARED VICTORIES AT DONINGTON PARK