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 The series announced a 20-driver entry list on 28 December 2011. Team Driver Rounds Giles Motorsport 1 Mitch Evans 4–5 2 Nick Cassidy All 5 Bruno Bonifacio All 6 Félix Serrallés All 15 Lucas Auer All 16 Hannes van Asseldonk All Victory Motor Racing 4 Chris Vlok All 20 Dmitry Suranovich All 87 Damon Leitch All 88 Michela Cerruti All ETEC Motorsport 7 Jono Lester All 8 Melvin Moh All 9 Victor Sendin 1–3 Ken Smith 5 10 Josh Hill All 11 Shahaan Engineer All M2 Competition 42 Jordan King All 43 Tanart Sathienthirakul All 51 Sheban Siddiqi All 52 Nathanaël Berthon All 53 Raffaele Marciello All
Calendar The calendar for the series was announced on 11 July 2011, 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 Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 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 PointsBold – Pole R - Rookie
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