Tim Alfa Coronel (born 5 April 1972, in

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) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the twin brother of

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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

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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

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in 2001, finishing fifth, and finished fourth in a

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in 2002. He won the Dutch

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Challenge in 2003 and the Dutch

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Cup in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008 he raced in the Dutch

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Cup, before moving onto the SEAT León Eurocup for 2009. At the opening round at Circuit de Valencia, Valencia 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 TFSI for SUNRED Engineering at the next round of the World Touring Car Championship (which the SEAT León Eurocup supports) at Masaryk Circuit, Brno. 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 2009 Dakar Rally, Dakar Rally in a Bowler Nemesis. 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

(:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (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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