Alex Lloyd (racing driver)
| Alex Stewart Lloyd | |
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Lloyd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2010.
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
28 December 1984 Manchester, England |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | None |
| Car no. | 0 |
| Former teams |
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports Rahal Letterman Racing Dale Coyne Racing |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2006–2007 2004 2002–2003 |
Indy Pro Series Euro Formula 3000 Formula Renault 2.0 UK |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007 | Indy Pro Series |
| Awards | |
| 2010 2003 |
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year McLaren Autosport Award |
Alex Stewart Lloyd (born 28 December 1984 in Manchester, England) is a former British motor racing driver. He was close friends with multiple Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton through his karting and early racing days.
At the age of nine Lloyd began driving in karts in the British Super One Championship also driving in the European championship. He became British Open Champion in the category - aged 14 - in 1999 and in 2000, he began testing Formula Ford cars.
In 2001, he moved into Formula Ford racing achieving a 2nd place at a European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps. He also finished in 13th place in the highly prestigious Formula Ford Festival. Over the winter he raced in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series reaching 3rd place in the championship. He graduated to the main Formula Renault series in 2002 finishing 9th in the championship.
During 2003 Lloyd received wider recognition for his ability earning the BRCD McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. This was after finishing 2nd in the Formula Renault UK championship to Lewis Hamilton, beating James Rossiter and Mike Conway en route to the runner-up spot, after recording 2 wins.
In 2004 Lloyd conducted his first Formula One test in a McLaren as part of his prize for winning the award the previous year. Due to funding difficulties, he was unable to compete in British Formula 3 as planned, although he carried out several tests with Alan Docking Racing with team mate Will Power, now an INDYCAR front runner. Instead he took part in the final seven rounds of the Euro Formula 3000 series recording one win and three pole positions and taking the series by storm.
However, the lack of financial backing was still Lloyd's major issue and during 2005 Lloyd had a very limited racing program, taking in 2 races in Italian Formula 3000 for the GP Racing in order to help with car development and a one-off ride in a Formula Renault 3.5 Series event at Monaco. For the winter of 2005–06 he was signed up to drive in A1 Grand Prix for Team Great Britain, however he only ever undertook one mid-season and was never able to race the car, with the GB team deciding that veteran driver Robbie Kerr had a greater need of the exposure which the series would offer.
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