Dan Lloyd is the inaugural TCR UK Champion

Daniel Lloyd claimed an eighth victory of the 2018 TCR UK Championship season amid treacherously wet conditions at Donington Park, and in doing so the WestCoast Racing driver has been crowned the series’ inaugural Champion.
Lloyd made a textbook start in the Volkswagen Golf GTI and eased into the lead, taking full advantage of a prolonged scuffle between team mate Andreas Bäckman and JP Racing’s Josh Price’s Honda Civic to edge 17 seconds clear at the chequered flag. The former TCR International Series race winner now holds an insurmountable 50 point advantage in the standings, with a maximum of just 40 available in the season finale later today.
Pyro Motorsport’s Ollie Taylor started as the only man mathematically able to deny Lloyd the crown, but his charge unravelled as, despite passing Jessica Bäckman’s VW for third off the start, he slid wide in the slippery conditions at Redgate and rejoined down the order. He fought back, but ultimately couldn’t overhaul Finlay Crocker or Andreas Bäckman to get a clear run at his championship rival. As Price retired with five minutes remaining, Crocker completed the podium in third, with Taylor fourth and Stewart Lines edging out Jessica Bäckman for fifth and sixth respectively.
The second race will start at 16:55 local time (17:55 CET); live streaming at www.tcr-series.tv.