Dan Lloyd sets overall testing paceMichael Meadows heads the chaseVictor Jimenez heads Pro-Am1 Daniel Lloyd underlined his Thruxton pace when he topped the times during Porsche Carrera Cup GB testing at the challenging Hampshire track on Tuesday (9 April).Lloyd (Team Parker Racing) went quickest in the opening session, run on a track that just about had a dry line, and was then second fastest in the later session run in full wet conditions. A year ago Lloyd was the star of Thruxton with a stunning drive to victory on slicks on an increasingly wet track and has now marked himself out to be the benchmark when the championship returns to the Hampshire track on 4/5 May for rounds five and six.Lloyd didnt run new tyres in the first session and was pleased to lap four-tenths of a second under the lap record. That was six-tenths off my best lap at Thruxton, said the Carrera Cup GB Scholarship driver. The car felt spot on and the circuit was just about all dry.Leading the chase of Lloyd was defending champion Michael Meadows (Samsung Smart Motorsport), who had planned a new tyre run for the second session. It has been a bit of an odd day, reported Meadows. We did some work on race set-up in the morning and then just did three laps in the afternoon to scrub some wets. In those three laps, Meadows went fastest in the second session.Double race winner from Brands Hatch and early championship leader Dean Stoneman (Redline Racing) was third fastest, having flown back from a family holiday in Las Vegas the previous day. Thruxton is one of those places where you need all the testing you can get, said Stoneman, who had traded 31 degree temperatures in Nevada for four degrees in Hampshire.An excellent fourth fastest overall was Pro-Am1 racer Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing), who revels in the unique challenge of Thruxton. This track is very fast and very difficult: I like it a lot, said the Spanish racer.Rounding out the top six were Dan De Zille (Redline Racing) and Richard Kent (Samsung Smart Motorsport). De Zille will make his Thruxton race debut next month, while Kent was making his first visit to the Hampshire track. I spent the morning session just learning the track, said Kent. Another dry session in the afternoon would have been useful, he added.Rounds five and six of the Carrera Cup GB will be held at Thruxton on 4/5 May. However, before that date the focus will switch to Donington Park for rounds three and four over the weekend of 20/21 April.