Alex Lloyd (racing driver)
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Alex Stewart Lloyd (born 28 December 1984) is a Manx motor racing driver. He currently takes part in the Indy Pro Series.
[edit] Early career
At the age of nine Alex began driving in karts in the British Super One Championship also driving in the European championship. He became British Open Champion in the category in 1999. 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 Alex 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 after recording 2 wins.
[edit] International racing
In 2004 Alex conducted his first Formula One test in a McLaren as part of his prize for winning the award the previous year. He also took part in the final seven rounds of the European Formula 3000 series recording 1 win and 3 pole positions.
During 2005 Alex had a 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 World Series by Renault event. 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 limited testing and was never to able race the car, with Darren Manning drafted in for the one event that lead driver Robbie Kerr was unavailable.
For the 2006 season, he signed with AFS Racing to race the whole season in the Indy Pro Series. He qualified 2nd for his first race with the team at St Petersburg and finished his second race that weekend in 3rd place. In July, he won the road course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway the day before the United States Grand Prix. Later in the season he won the Valley of the Moon 100 held at Infineon Raceway and went on to finish 7th in the final standings.
For the 2007 IPS season, he will drive for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
