DANIEL LLOYD enjoyed an outstanding debut in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup in the opening round of the season at Hockenheim in Germany.
The Scammonden teenager qualified in pole position and went on to finish a richly deserved second overall in his first race in the series.
The 19-year-old, who competes in the Junior Cup class as a championship novice, found some sensational pace from the off and scorched to the outright pole with a best lap of 1m57.603 seconds – 0.6 seconds ahead of his closest rival.
Given that it was the Huddersfield racer’s maiden experience of the German Grand Prix venue it was a particularly impressive performance and placed him in a great position to try and capitalise with a podium finish.
Lining up on the front row of the grid for round one alongside Pro Class runner Mateusz Lisowski, Lloyd unfortunately got a little too much wheelspin off the line and that was the difference between a potential overall victory and the runner-up spot.
“I’m over the moon to have finished second on my first weekend in the championship”, said Lloyd.
“Obviously I am a little bit disappointed not to have won after starting on pole position but it’s still a fantastic result and a brilliant way to start the season.”
The next event of the 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup, the first double-header race meeting of the year, will take place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, five weeks from now on June 4-5.
