Former John Easson Award winner Ioan Lloyd will take on the biggest challenge of his career when he contests this year’s FIA Junior European Rally Championship.
The 22-year-old from Llandysul in West Wales, and his co-driver Sion Williams, will be competing in a Peugeot 208 Rally4 from Tagai Racing Technology (TRT) based in Hungary.
Lloyd, who won the 2300 Club’s prestigious award in 2021, won the chance to join the Junior ERC by winning last year’s Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup. The prize for winning was a significant budget contribution towards competing in one of the most competitive junior rally championships in the world.
He said: “Obviously the ambition for the season is to do as well as we can, but it’s also a big learning curve and the competition is going to be absolutely fierce. We have to do our best and give it 100%. It will be a fantastic life experience: to travel to all these countries and get to compete at such a high level is something we’re really lucky to be able to do.”
Neil Molyneux, chairman of the 2300 Club, said: “Ioan was the stand-out candidate for the John Easson Award in 2021, and everyone at the club has followed his progress on the rallying ladder very closely. We wish him every success this year.”
The six-round championship opens in Spain on April 4-6 with the Rally Sierra Morena and then visits Hungary in May, Poland in June, Italy in July, the Czech Republic in August, and Croatia in early October.
Apr 4-6 Rally Sierra Morena (Spain)
May 9-11 Rally Hungary
Jun 13-15 Rally Poland
Jul 4-6 Rally di Roma Capitale (Italy)
Aug 15-17 Barum Czech Rally Zlin (Czech Republic)
Oct 3-5 Croatia Rally
You can follow Ioan’s and Sion’s progress on their website here
