However, the lack of financial backing was still Lloyd's major issue and during 2005 Lloyd had a very limited racing program, taking in 2 races in Italian Formula 3000 for the GP Racing in order to help with car development and a one-off ride in a Formula Renault 3.5 Series event at Monaco. For the winter of 2005–06 he was signed up to drive in A1 Grand Prix for Team Great Britain, however he only ever undertook one mid-season and was never able to race the car, with the GB team deciding that veteran driver Robbie Kerr had a greater need of the exposure which the series would offer.