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2016 Toyota Racing Series

The 2016 Toyota Racing Series was the twelfth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series, which consisted of fifteen races at five meetings, began on 16 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, and ended on 14 February with the 61st running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Manfeild Autocourse in Feilding.

As the first European driver to win the Toyota Racing Series, M2 Competition's Lando Norris wrapped up the championship with a race to spare, amassing six wins, eight poles, five fastest laps, and three round wins on his way to the title. Norris won a race at every meeting, taking a pair of victories in Taupō, while only finishing off the podium four times.

Force India protégé Jehan Daruvala took the runner-up spot in the championship, with one pole and three wins. Daruvala struggled in Ruapuna, but a strategic tyre gamble in a soggy Race 3 paid off, enabling him to take the Lady Wigram Trophy, despite starting 15th. Two further wins followed in Teretonga and Taupō, and solid top-8 finishes in each of the last nine races helped the Indian to second place overall.

New Zealand's Brendon Leitch finished the season in a strong third, despite only one win and three podiums. However, it was his amazing consistency that gave him such a good championship position, as he finished every race in the top 10. Leitch's 754-point haul is also the most points accrued by a Victory Motor Racing driver in team history.

Of the other drivers, Ferdinand Habsburg was top Giles Motorsport driver, after a strong campaign saw him take two wins. Pedro Piquet also took victory on two occasions, first in the second race at Teretonga, and again at Hampton Downs, where a superb run from pole saw him take the NZ Motor Cup. Piquet was often runaway leader Norris's main challenger, both on track and in the standings. Ferrari Driver Academy member Guanyu Zhou scored a breakthrough win in Hampton Downs and finished strongly throughout the duration of the series, although a disastrous final weekend compromised his attack. Rookie Taylor Cockerton was the best-placed ETEC Motorsport driver, finishing in ninth.

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were New Zealand-registered.

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
ETEC Motorsport 4   Theo Bean[1] R All
11   Taylor Cockerton[2] R All
13   Rodrigo Baptista[3] R All
26   Timothé Buret[4] R All
M2 Competition 5   Pedro Piquet[5] All
6   Jehan Daruvala[6] R All
10   Artem Markelov[7] All
15   Kami Laliberté[8] R All
31   Lando Norris[9] R All
33   Guanyu Zhou[10] R All
Giles Motorsport 17   Devlin DeFrancesco R All
21   Nicolas Dapero R All
23   Will Owen[11] R All
40   James Munro[12] All
62   Ferdinand Habsburg[13] All
67   Antoni Ptak Jr.[14] R All
Victory Motor Racing 18   Julian Hanses[15] R All
25   Bruno Baptista[16] R All
49   Thomas Randle[17] 5
86   Brendon Leitch[18] All

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar for the series was announced on 23 June 2015, and will be held over five successive weekends in January and February.[19] As opposed to the previous year, all rounds will be triple-headers.[20]

Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s) Report
1 R1 16 January Ruapuna Park, Christchurch   Lando Norris   Lando Norris   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport   Ferdinand Habsburg Report
R2 17 January   Lando Norris   Lando Norris M2 Competition
R3   Lando Norris   Pedro Piquet   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition
2 R1 23 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill   Lando Norris   Jehan Daruvala   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition   Lando Norris Report
R2 24 January   Lando Norris   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition
R3   Lando Norris   Lando Norris   Lando Norris M2 Competition
3 R1 30 January Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato   Lando Norris   Jehan Daruvala   Lando Norris M2 Competition   Pedro Piquet Report
R2 31 January   Guanyu Zhou   Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition
R3   Pedro Piquet   Ferdinand Habsburg   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition
4 R1 6 February Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō   Lando Norris   Pedro Piquet   Lando Norris M2 Competition   Lando Norris Report
R2 7 February   Jehan Daruvala   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition
R3   Lando Norris   Lando Norris   Lando Norris M2 Competition
5 R1 13 February Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding   Jehan Daruvala   James Munro   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport   Lando Norris Report
R2 14 February   Pedro Piquet   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing
R3   Lando Norris   Ferdinand Habsburg   Lando Norris M2 Competition

Championship standings edit

In order for a driver to score championship points, they have to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the race's completion. All races counted towards the final championship standings.

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

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver RUA TER HMP TAU MAN Points
1   Lando Norris 3 1 9 2 2 1 1 17 6 1 2 1 3 4 1 924
2   Jehan Daruvala 8 13 1 1 5 17 2 4 3 5 1 8 4 2 7 789
3   Brendon Leitch 6 9 5 5 4 2 5 2 9 7 4 5 5 1 10 754
4   Ferdinand Habsburg 1 7 2 13 8 4 6 9 8 6 12 4 1 7 3 727
5   Pedro Piquet 7 2 Ret 4 1 10 3 3 1 2 5 2 Ret 8 15 710
6   Guanyu Zhou 5 3 4 7 6 8 7 1 4 4 3 3 Ret 10 17 685
7   James Munro 4 Ret 14 15 10 9 4 11 2 3 6 11 2 6 4 621
8   Artem Markelov 2 4 3 6 3 3 12 Ret 5 12 7 Ret Ret 12 2 588
9   Taylor Cockerton 9 11 11 11 12 11 10 8 10 9 9 6 6 5 6 545
10   Devlin DeFrancesco 14 10 6 Ret 14 5 11 13 12 8 11 10 7 9 13 465
11   Bruno Baptista Ret 8 8 Ret 13 6 9 7 Ret 10 8 7 9 11 9 443
12   Antoni Ptak Jr. 13 5 12 3 Ret 15 8 5 11 Ret Ret 14 8 3 Ret 426
13   Kami Laliberté Ret 14 7 Ret 16 7 17 6 7 11 Ret 9 14 14 8 386
14   Will Owen 11 12 Ret 10 9 13 16 10 Ret 13 10 12 15 17 14 357
15   Timothé Buret 10 6 15 14 11 Ret 13 15 13 16 Ret 13 10 13 18 349
16   Rodrigo Baptista Ret 16 13 9 18 16 15 14 14 17 Ret Ret 11 16 11 286
17   Nicolas Dapero 12 DSQ 10 8 7 18 19 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 16 238
18   Theo Bean 16 17 Ret 12 17 14 18 12 Ret 15 13 15 Ret 18 Ret 238
19   Julian Hanses 15 15 Ret Ret 15 12 14 16 Ret Ret Ret 16 13 19 12 226
20   Thomas Randle 12 20 5 89
Pos. Driver RUA TER HMP TAU 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
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

References edit

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  11. ^ "Pro Mazda team-mates Buret and Owen head to TRS". Paddock Scout. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  12. ^ Allen, Peter (19 November 2015). "James Munro to do 2016 Toyota Racing Series with Giles team". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  13. ^ David, Gruz (23 November 2015). "Habsburg joins Giles for second Toyota Racing Series campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Polish and German drivers added to TRS start list". Toyota New Zealand. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Polish and German drivers added to TRS start list". Toyota New Zealand. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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  17. ^ "Aussie driver Randle returns for NZ Grand Prix". Fairfax New Zealand. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Brendon Leitch confirms late entry into Toyota Racing Series". Toyota New Zealand. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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  20. ^ "2016 Toyota Racing Series Championship Articles" (PDF). MotorSport New Zealand. MotorSport New Zealand Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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