Tim Alfa Coronel (born 5 April 1972, in Naarden) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the twin brother of World Touring Car Championship driver Tom Coronel.
Racing career Coronel made his first steps in racing by winning the Dutch Citroën AX 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 in the Dutch Championship, in which he finished eleventh, then sixth and then third over three years. He raced a Lexus IS200 in 2001, finishing fifth, and finished fourth in a Renault Clio in 2002. He won the Dutch Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge in 2003 and the Dutch Porsche GT3 Cup in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, he raced in the Dutch BMW 130i Cup, before moving onto the SEAT León Eurocup for 2009. At the opening round at 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 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 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, Coronel made his fifth 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 (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Pts 2009 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2010 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR120 GBR215 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0
Dakar Rally results YearClassVehiclePositionStages won2007Cars Bowler46th02008Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally2009Cars Bowler71st02010 McRae50th0201136th0201244th02013 Suzuki56th02014DNF02015 GoKoBraDNF02016 Suzuki35th02017 Jefferies45th0201835th0201943rd0202028th0202126th02022 CenturyDNF0
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External links
Tim´s Dakar Team