Richard Lloyd

Nationality	British
Born	(1945-02-18)18 February 1945
Died	30 March 2008(2008-03-30) (aged 63) Farnborough, London, England
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1982–1985
Teams	GTi Engineering,Richard Lloyd Racing
Best finish	2nd(1985)
Class wins	0

Richard Hugh Lloyd (18 February 1945 – 30 March 2008)^[1] was aBritishracing car driver and founder of multiplesports car andtouring car teams. He drove in multiple championships himself, including theBritish Saloon Car Championship and theWorld Endurance Championship.

Initially Lloyd worked forDecca Records from 1964 to 1970, during which time he became interested in racing after competing in aTriumph TR4A during 1967. He later formed his ownpublic relations business,Motor Race Relations, in 1971, while continuing his own driving duties, during which time he won multiple events in theBritish Saloon Car Championship. He went on to formGTi Engineering in 1978, runningVolkswagen Golf GTIs andAudi 80s. This team eventually becameRichard Lloyd Racing in 1985 as Lloyd moved into theWorld Sportscar Championship withPorsche 956s and962s.

Following the demise of the team in 1990, Richard Lloyd returned to racing, driving, and winning, in the Porsche 924 Championship. In 1995, he establishedAudi Sport UK to once again compete in theBritish Touring Car Championship, with support from the Audi factory. Lloyd re-entered sports car racing in 1999 with theAudi R8C program at the24 Hours of Le Mans, before being chosen by Audi's fellowVolkswagen Group subsidiary,Bentley, to run theEXP Speed 8 program in 2001.

Audi Sport UK was renamedApex Motorsport during their Bentley tenure, subsequently becameJaguar's development team for theXKR in theFIA GT3 European Championship. Lloyd stopped racing professionally in the 1990s, but continued to run inhistoric racing events up until his death.

Lloyd died on 30 March 2008, when a private jet on which he was travelling crashed into a house inFarnborough, London, shortly after take-off fromBiggin Hill Airport. All five occupants died upon impact; among them were an Apex Motorsport Data Engineer, Christopher Allarton, and formerBritish Touring Car Championship driverDavid Leslie.^[2] Both were en route with Lloyd to theNogaro Circuit in France to prepare Apex Motorsport's Jaguar for the upcoming FIA GT3 season.^[3]

The investigation into the crash found that a combination of incorrectly identified, non-critical system failures led to the in-flight shut-down of both engines, with the crew unable to restart them in time to avoid the impact.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1982	Canon Cameras GTi Engineering	Andy Rouse	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	IMSA GTO	77	DNF	DNF
1983	Canon Racing GTi Engineering	Jan Lammers Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956	C	339	8th	8th
1984	GTi Engineering	Nick Mason René Metge	Porsche 956	C1	139	DSQ	DSQ
1985	Richard Lloyd Racing	Jonathan Palmer James Weaver	Porsche 956 GTi	C1	371	2nd	2nd

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