Porsche GB Scholar Lloyd Relishing Thruxton Return

Thruxton Circuit, scene of Daniel Lloyds maiden Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship victory last year, will host the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2013 season this coming weekend, 4th/5th May, where the Team Parker Racing driver is aiming for his most consistent outing of the campaign so far.Going into the third event of the season equal seventh in the driver standings, having encountered more than his share of misfortune during the first two race meetings at Brands Hatch and Donington Park, the 21-year-old is determined to try and kick-start his championship bid.Daniel will arrive in Hampshire on Saturday with his confidence high having been quickest during the official pre-event Thruxton test three weeks ago, where he impressively headed reigning champion Michael Meadows by half a second.While undoubtedly having the pace to be able to repeat his heroics of 2012 this weekend, the Huddersfield racer is more focused on securing two consistently strong podium finishes in order to climb the points table.

Having been forced out of the opening race of the season following contact and then suffering from fuel pump issues in round three just over a week ago, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Scholar is long overdue a problem-free weekend.Perhaps we should think were going to have a bad weekend and then itll turn out good instead!, said Daniel tongue-in-cheek, Seriously though, we have had a tough start to the year but we know weve got the pace to be right there at the front. Thruxton should be good, we obviously had our first win in Porsche there last year and we were quick in testing so I really am looking forward to it.Unsurprisingly, the weather could play a factor during rounds five and six and that was certainly the case last year at the 2.35-mile track when Daniel supremely conquered tricky, wet conditions on slick tyres to take his history-making first win in Porsche Carrera Cup GB.Im not fussed either way what the weather does, we won in the rain last year and weve been quick in the dry as well so Ill be happy whatever the conditions are, he added, Its so close at the front, its always going to be at this level, and there really is nothing in it. We just need to do a better job in qualifying and then deliver the pace we showed in testing which Im sure we can.Qualifying for rounds five and six of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship will take place at 12.00 on Saturday, 4th May. Both races will be contested on Sunday, 5th May, with the first getting underway at 11.10 and the secondwhich will be broadcast live on ITV4 and in High Definition on ITV4 HDstarting at 16.25.2013 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship Standings (after Rd4):=7th Daniel Lloyd, 33pts


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