Daniel Lloyd claims third successive pole

WestCoast Racing’s Daniel Lloyd posted an impressive late effort to secure pole position for the TCR UK Series Race 1 at Brands Hatch tomorrow.
A quickest time of 48.483 around the Indy circuit on his final run meant the Volkswagen Golf GTI racer and championship leader will head up the front row alongside Pyro Motorsport’s Oliver Taylor, who qualified second in his Honda Civic FK7, three tenths adrift.
Strong performances from Swedish siblings Andreas and Jessica Bäckman put the sister WestCoast Racing machines into third and fifth respectively, with Lewis Kent’s Hyundai i30 N TCR separating the pair in fourth.
BMR Autoglym Academy’s Josh Price was another to improve in the second half of the session and will start sixth, whilst the second Pyro-run Civic of Finlay Crocker and the Alfa Romeo Giulietta of championship newcomer Robert Gilmour share the fourth row. Row five is an all-CUPRA and Maximum Motorsport affair, with Stewart Lines heading Carl Swift; the latter will start the second race from a reverse-grid pole position. Sean Walkinshaw Racing’s Howard Fuller ranked 11th, ahead of Alex Morgan, as the Renault Mégane TCR makes its first appearance in the the UK.
The grid for Race 1 will be closed by Darelle Wilson’s Vauxhall Astra and Derek Palmer’s Giulietta; the latter couldn’t post a timed lap due to a mechanical issue.
The opening race in Kent is scheduled to get underway at 13:25 local time (14:25 CET); live streaming at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.