Tim Alfa Coronel (born 5 April 1972, in
Naarden
Naarden () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and former List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Gooi region in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part ...
) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the twin brother of
World Touring Car Championship
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...
driver
Tom Coronel
Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 race in 1997, th ...
.
Racing career
Tim made his first steps in racing by winning the Dutch
Citroën AX
The Citroën AX is a supermini which was built by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1986 to 1998. It was launched at the 1986 Paris Motor Show to replace the Citroën Visa and Citroën LNA.
Overview
Development of this model started in 19 ...
Cup in 1994 as a 22-year-old. He followed this with a move into single-seaters finishing seventh and then fifth in two years in the Formula Opel Eurocup. In 1997 he raced in
German F3. He moved to Touring Cars in 1998 racing a
Mitsubishi Carisma
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in 2001, finishing fifth, and finished fourth in a
Renault Clio
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in 2002. He won the Dutch
Alfa Romeo 147
The Alfa Romeo 147 (Type 937) is a small family car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo from 2000 to 2010. The 147 was voted European Car of the Year in 2001.
The 147 was launched at the Turin Motor Show in June 2000 as a replacement fo ...
Challenge in 2003 and the Dutch
Porsche GT3
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high-performance homologation model of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is a line of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 Carrera RS.
The GT3 has had a successful racing career in the one-make national ...
Cup in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008 he raced in the Dutch
BMW 130i
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Cup, before moving onto the
SEAT León Eurocup
The SEAT León Eurocup was a one-make racing, one-make touring car racing series which uses SEAT Leóns, run by SEAT Sport.
Background
The championship began in 2008, making its debut at Circuit de Valencia, as a support series for the World To ...
for 2009. At the opening round at
Valencia
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he finished third and fourth in the two races, making him the top scorer of the weekend, meaning he won a one-off drive in a
SEAT León
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The first two León ...
TFSI for
SUNRED Engineering
Sunred (short for ''Sun Race Engineering Development S.L.'') is a Spanish-based auto racing team and constructor. They are best known for competing in the World Touring Car Championship.
Racing History
While in the past Sunred had participated in ...
at the next round of the World Touring Car Championship (which the SEAT León Eurocup supports) at
Brno
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. SUNRED Engineering is also the team that his twin brother Tom drives for in the WTCC.
In January 2009 Tim and Tom Coronel competed in the
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, ...
in a
Bowler Nemesis
The Bowler Nemesis is an off-road racing vehicle designed, manufactured and sold by Bowler Off-Road. The Nemesis is intended to be used in endurance rally raid events such as the Dakar Rally and Rallye des Pharaons.
Design and construction
The N ...
. He competed again in the 2010 and 2011 Dakar rally in a McRae Buggy and won the solo-class both times. In 2012 Tim made his 5th appearance in the Dakar Rally, again with the McRae Buggy, after plans for a full electrical version of Buggy turned out to be too ambitious.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Dakar Rally results
References
External links
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Tim´s Dakar Team
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1972 births
Living people
People from Naarden
Dutch Sephardi Jews
Jewish Dutch sportspeople
Dutch racing drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
SEAT León Eurocup drivers
Eurocup Mégane Trophy drivers
Twin sportspeople
Dutch twins
Dakar Rally drivers
24H Series drivers
Sportspeople from North Holland
TDS Racing drivers
Van Amersfoort Racing drivers
GT4 European Series drivers
Engstler Motorsport drivers