Coates teams up with Lloyd to race TCR Opel Astra
Mini Challenge frontrunner Max Coates and 2008
Welsh Sports and Saloons champion Rhys Lloyd will team up in an Opel Astra TCR in this year’s British Endurance Championship.
Both have past experience of racing TCR machinery – Coates having shared a Cupra with Guy Colclough in the Britcar category and Lloyd competing in the 24H Series in a VW Golf. Having previously shared a Citroen C1, the duo will now race the Dragon Sport by Amigo-run Astra.
The pair have tested the Astra and Coates was surprised by how different it was to other TCR cars he has driven, describing it as “more like a Clio Cup car”.
“The aim is to go and win the title,” said Coates. “Rhys is a good driver and we’ve both won races in them [TCR cars] so we should be in a good position.”
Lloyd added: “I’m excited by the challenge of setting up a new team, working with Max and a new car, and entering the Britcar Endurance Championship.”