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2012 Toyota Racing Series

Drivers' champion:
Nick Cassidy

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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

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

Team  | No. | Driver  | Rounds

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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

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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

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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

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Round  | Circuit  | Pole Position  | Fastest lap  | Winning Driver  | Winning Team  | Round winner

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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

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### Scoring system

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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

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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

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| Pos  | Driver  | TER | TIM | TAU | HMP | MAN | Points

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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
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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points classification
Blue | Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired, not classified (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

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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

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