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.

2012 Toyota Racing Series
Drivers' champion:
Nick Cassidy
Previous: 2011 Next: 2013

Teams and drivers

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

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, Taupo
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
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

Scoring system
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
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
R - Rookie

References
  1. "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.
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