# 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

The series announced a 20-driver entry list on 28 December 2011.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Giles Motorsport | 1 | Mitch Evans | 4–5 |
| Giles Motorsport | 2 | Nick Cassidy | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 5 | Bruno Bonifacio | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 6 | Félix Serrallés | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 15 | Lucas Auer | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 16 | Hannes van Asseldonk | All |
| Victory Motor Racing | 4 | Chris Vlok | All |
| Victory Motor Racing | 20 | Dmitry Suranovich | All |
| Victory Motor Racing | 87 | Damon Leitch | All |
| Victory Motor Racing | 88 | Michela Cerruti | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 7 | Jono Lester | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 8 | Melvin Moh | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 9 | Victor Sendin | 1–3 |
| ETEC Motorsport | 9 | Ken Smith | 5 |
| ETEC Motorsport | 10 | Josh Hill | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 11 | Shahaan Engineer | All |
| M2 Competition | 42 | Jordan King | All |
| M2 Competition | 43 | Tanart Sathienthirakul | All |
| M2 Competition | 51 | Sheban Siddiqi | All |
| M2 Competition | 52 | Nathanaël Berthon | All |
| M2 Competition | 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 | Round | Date | Circuit/Location |
| 1 | Race 1 | 14 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 1 | Race 2 | 15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 1 | Race 3 | 15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 2 | Race 1 | 21 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 2 | Race 2 | 22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 2 | Race 3 | 22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 3 | Race 1 | 28 January | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| 3 | Race 2 | 29 January | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| 3 | Race 3 | 29 January | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| 4 | Race 1 | 4 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 4 | Race 2 | 5 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 4 | Race 3 | 5 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 5 | Race 1 | 11 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| 5 | Race 2 | 12 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| 5 | Race 3 | 12 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |

## Results

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

## 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 | TER | TER | TIM | TIM | TIM | TAU | TAU | TAU | HMP | HMP | HMP | MAN | MAN | 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 | TER | TER | TIM | TIM | TIM | TAU | TAU | TAU | HMP | HMP | HMP | MAN | MAN | MAN | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |