Alex Lloyd (racing driver)

Alex Lloyd
Born	(1984-12-28) December 28, 1984 Manchester, England
Occupation(s)	Racing driver, musician, automotive writer
Years active	2000s–present
Known for	British Racing Driver of the Year (2003), 2007 Indy Lights Champion, fourth place in 2010 Indianapolis 500, music as "Mr Lloyd"

Alex Stewart Lloyd (born 28 December 1984) is a former British motor racing competitor. He was honored as the British Racing Driver of the Year in 2003, captured the Indy Lights Championship title in 2007, and achieved a fourth-place finish in the 2010 Indianapolis 500. Known by the moniker "Pink Lloyd," he currently creates music under the stage name "Mr Lloyd."

Junior racing career

Originating from Manchester, Lloyd embarked on his karting journey at nine years old, competing in both the British Super One and European karting championships. By age 14, he had claimed the British Open Championship in karting. In 2000, he tested Formula Ford vehicles and progressed to racing in Formula Ford during 2001, where he secured second place at a European Championship event at Spa-Francorchamps and ranked 13th in the Formula Ford Festival.

During the off-season, he participated in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, finishing third overall, and went on to place ninth in the primary Formula Renault UK championship in 2002.

In 2003, Lloyd was awarded the BRDC McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year after finishing runner-up in the Formula Renault UK championship behind Lewis Hamilton and ahead of competitors James Rossiter and Mike Conway.

Formula One and IndyCar

Lloyd undertook his initial Formula One test with McLaren in 2004 as part of his Young Driver of the Year accolade. Although funding constraints prevented him from competing in British Formula 3, he conducted tests with Alan Docking Racing alongside teammate Will Power. He also competed in the final seven rounds of the Euro Formula 3000 series that year, achieving one victory and three pole positions.

In 2005, financial limitations restricted Lloyd to just two appearances in Italian Formula 3000 focused on car development and a single entry in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monaco. He was contracted for the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season representing Team Great Britain but only participated mid-season once, with veteran Robbie Kerr preferred for most races.

Transition to American racing

Midway through 2006, Lloyd joined AFS Racing for the remainder of the Indy Pro Series. To support his career financially, his parents sold their Isle of Man residence. In his debut race at St. Petersburg, he qualified second and followed with a third-place finish. He then notched a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway—the first win for AFS Racing—and later triumphed at Infineon Raceway, concluding the season seventh overall.

For the 2007 Indy Pro Series campaign, Lloyd signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, dominating by winning the first five races consecutively and securing the championship two events before season end after eight total wins. He set series records for most consecutive victories (5), single-season wins (8), total career wins (10), and points scored (652). Additionally, Lloyd was the inaugural driver to claim victories on both Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course and oval track until Will Power equaled this feat in 2018.

After this commanding performance and completing an IndyCar test, Lloyd entered Chip Ganassi Racing’s development program in October 2007. Due to financial constraints, his 2008 schedule was limited but included appearances in IndyCar events and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype races.

On 10 April 2008, Chip Ganassi Racing collaborated with Rahal Letterman Racing to field Lloyd for the 2008 Indianapolis 500. He posted fastest times during rookie testing but qualified 19th following a high-speed crash that briefly required hospitalization. Late during the race, he suffered another crash sliding through several unoccupied pit stalls.

Still lacking full-time sponsorship, Lloyd returned to compete in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports with Ganassi’s support. Backed by HER Energy Drink, his bright pink car and matching firesuit earned him the nickname "Pink Lloyd." He qualified eleventh but finished thirteenth after an early pit stop caused by a malfunctioning rear signal light.

In 2010, Lloyd piloted Dale Coyne Racing’s No. 19 entry sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. He recorded a career-best fourth-place finish at Indianapolis and received Firestone’s Tire-ific Move of the Race award at Texas Motor Speedway. His performance earned him Rookie of the Year honors as top newcomer that season.

Unable to secure funding for a full-time seat in 2011, Lloyd returned to Dale Coyne Racing specifically for the Indianapolis 500 and all oval track events as a teammate supporting Sebastian Bourdais during road course races.

In 2014, Lloyd took part in three Pirelli World Challenge GT competitions behind the wheel of a Corvette Z06 for CRP Racing. That year he also won a one-off B-Spec rally event at Rally America’s Lake Superior Performance Rally. On December 7th, he achieved victory at the grueling 25 Hours of Thunderhill endurance race driving a BMW-powered Norma for Davidson Racing—the first team to win within the sports racer ESR category.

Other ventures

Beginning in 2012, Lloyd has contributed car reviews to various publications such as Jalopnik, Automobile Magazine, Road & Track, and Yahoo Autos. He held the position of Editor-at-Large at Yahoo Autos. Additionally, Lloyd creates electronic dance music under the stage name "Mr Lloyd," having released a number of well-received tracks.

Personal life

Lloyd is married to Mariya Koroleva, a two-time Olympian who represented in synchronized swimming at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is a father of four children. His second eldest daughter, Bethany, was expected to be born on May 24, 2009—the very day Lloyd was set to compete in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, an occurrence that drew considerable media coverage.

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2006	AFS Racing	HMS	STP1 10	STP2 3	INDY 5	WGL 17	IMS 1	NSH DNS	MIL	KTY 16	SNM1 2	SNM2 1	CHI 4					7th	294
2007	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	HMS 1	STP1 1	STP2 1	INDY 1	MIL 1	IMS1 2	IMS2 2	IOW 1	WGL1 3	WGL2 1

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IndyCar

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Position	Points
2008	Rahal Letterman Racing Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara IR-05	16	Honda HI7R V8	HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY 25	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MOH	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2	38th	10
2009	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Chip Ganassi Racing		99		STP	LBH	KAN	INDY 13	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MOH	SNM	CHI	MOT		30th	41	-	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	40202															style="background:#CFEAFF;" | HMS 8		-	2010	Dale Coyne Racing	19	SAO 18	STP 23	ALA 23	LBH 19	KAN 19	INDY 4	TXS 8	IOW 13	WGL 25	TOR 23	EDM 18	MOH 13	SNM 10	CHI 21	KTY 13	style="background:#EFCFFF;"   :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  : 2010_Indy_Japan_300 Template:Small\		'16th'	'266'	-	2011 IndyCar Series season					style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'19th'	style="background:#CFCFFF;'14th'	style="background:#CFCFFF;'24th'	style="background:#EFCFFF;'22nd'	style="background:#CFCFFF;'13th'				style="background:#CFCFFF;'13th'			style="background:#EFCFFF;'26th'			style="background:#CFCFFF;'27th'	style="background:#CFCFFF;'85'

¹ Events held on the same day.

² Exhibition race, no championship points awarded.

³ The Las Vegas event was canceled following a fatal accident involving Dan Wheldon.

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Years	Teams	Races Entered	Pole Positions	Victories	Podium Finishes (excluding wins)	Top Ten Finishes (excluding podiums)	Indianapolis 500 Victories	Series Titles

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team	Remarks
2008	Dallara	Honda	19	25	Rahal Letterman Racing	Retired due to collision
2009	Dallara	Honda	11	13	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Completed all laps
2010	Dallara	Honda	26	4	Dale Coyne Racing	Finished all laps
2011	Dallara	Honda	30	19	Dale Coyne Racing	Completed 198 laps

Pirelli World Challenge

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2014	CRP Racing	LBH | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | DET 1 | DET 2 | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | style="text-align:center; background:#b5b4f6;" | MOH 1 11 | style="text-align:center; background:#b5b4f6;" | MOH 2 22 | SNM 1 DNS | style="text-align:center; background:#b5b4f6;" | SNM 2 17 | style="text-align:center; background:#b5b4f6;" | UTA 1 14 | style="text-align:center; background:#b5b4f6;" | UTA 2 22