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2012 Toyota Racing Series

The 2012 Toyota Racing Series was the eighth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheeler motorsport category held in New Zealand. The 15-race competition was won by Nick Cassidy.

Teams and drivers edit

The series announced a 20-driver entry list on 28 December 2011.[1]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Giles Motorsport 1   Mitch Evans[1] 4–5
2   Nick Cassidy[1] All
5   Bruno Bonifacio[1] All
6   Félix Serrallés[1] All
15   Lucas Auer[1] All
16   Hannes van Asseldonk[1] All
Victory Motor Racing 4   Chris Vlok[1] All
20   Dmitry Suranovich[1] All
87   Damon Leitch[1] All
88   Michela Cerruti[1] All
ETEC Motorsport 7   Jono Lester[1] All
8   Melvin Moh[1] All
9   Victor Sendin[1] 1–3
  Ken Smith[2] 5
10   Josh Hill[1] All
11   Shahaan Engineer[1] All
M2 Competition 42   Jordan King[1] All
43   Tanart Sathienthirakul[1] All
51   Sheban Siddiqi[1] All
52   Nathanaël Berthon[1] All
53   Raffaele Marciello[1] All

Calendar edit

The calendar for the series was announced on 11 July 2011,[3] and was held over five successive weekends in January and February.

Round Date Circuit/Location
1 Race 1 14 January   Teretonga Park, Invercargill
Race 2 15 January
Race 3
2 Race 1 21 January   Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru
Race 2 22 January
Race 3
3 Race 1 28 January   Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō
Race 2 29 January
Race 3
4 Race 1 4 February   Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato
Race 2 5 February
Race 3
5 Race 1 11 February   Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding
Race 2 12 February
Race 3

Results edit

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round winner
1 R1   Teretonga Park   Lucas Auer   Damon Leitch   Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport   Damon Leitch
R2   Lucas Auer   Nick Cassidy   Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport
R3   Hannes van Asseldonk   Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport
2 R1   Timaru International Motor Raceway   Hannes van Asseldonk   Damon Leitch   Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport   Nick Cassidy
R2   Hannes van Asseldonk   Damon Leitch   Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport
R3   Raffaele Marciello   Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing
3 R1   Taupo Motorsport Park   Jordan King   Jordan King   Jordan King M2 Competition   Jordan King
R2   Josh Hill   Nick Cassidy   Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport
R3   Hannes van Asseldonk   Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport
4 R1   Hampton Downs Motorsport Park   Mitch Evans   Hannes van Asseldonk   Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport   Nick Cassidy
R2   Mitch Evans   Raffaele Marciello   Raffaele Marciello M2 Competition
R3   Nick Cassidy   Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport
5 R1   Manfeild Autocourse   Mitch Evans   Mitch Evans   Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport   Nick Cassidy
R2   Mitch Evans   Félix Serrallés Giles Motorsport
R3   Mitch Evans   Mitch Evans   Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Scoring system edit

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver TER TIM TAU HMP MAN Points
1   Nick Cassidy 8 2 2 1 1 3 5 1 8 3 5 1 3 5 1 914
2   Hannes van Asseldonk Ret 1 1 5 13 19 3 5 1 2 4 3 2 Ret 2 738
3   Damon Leitch 2 4 3 2 5 1 6 2 10 12 13 Ret 19 12 16 633
4   Josh Hill 1 13 6 3 7 18 2 13 2 7 Ret 4 5 3 Ret 629
5   Jordan King Ret Ret 10 7 3 6 1 4 3 6 3 7 8 9 Ret 591
6   Lucas Auer Ret Ret 14 6 15 14 7 6 5 4 2 5 4 4 3 589
7   Nathanaël Berthon 4 11 8 9 16 8 8 8 6 8 Ret 6 9 6 5 555
8   Félix Serrallés 6 7 4 4 2 10 9 Ret 4 DNS DNS DNS 6 1 7 547
9   Raffaele Marciello Ret 5 NC 10 9 5 4 3 18 5 1 8 10 7 Ret 535
10   Bruno Bonifacio 9 3 7 Ret 11 11 10 7 7 9 8 Ret 7 8 4 525
11   Jono Lester 3 Ret 11 8 4 4 11 9 9 10 6 15 Ret 11 6 514
12   Dmitry Suranovich 5 15 15 12 6 2 12 12 11 11 Ret Ret 12 14 8 440
13   Shahaan Engineer 11 6 NC 11 12 16 13 10 12 13 7 13 14 13 15 406
14   Tanart Sathienthirakul 13 9 12 15 Ret 13 14 11 14 15 9 9 16 16 10 383
15   Chris Vlok 12 14 9 16 Ret 12 16 14 15 17 11 12 11 10 11 371
16   Michela Cerruti 10 10 13 17 14 15 15 16 17 18 10 11 15 15 12 367
17   Melvin Moh Ret 8 17 14 10 7 Ret Ret 16 14 12 10 13 DNS 9 323
18   Victor Sendin 7 12 5 13 8 9 17 15 13 286
19   Mitch Evans 1 Ret 2 1 2 Ret 284
20   Sheban Siddiqi 14 Ret 16 18 17 17 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 18 18 14 212
21   Ken Smith 17 17 13 62
Pos Driver TER TIM TAU HMP MAN Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
R - Rookie

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "2012 Toyota Racing Series Competitor List" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. ^ "2012 Toyota Racing Series: Manfeild Qualifying" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. ^ "TRS goes back-to-back in 2012". Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

External links edit

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