# 2011 Toyota Racing Series

The 2011 Toyota Racing Series was the seventh running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category.
Defending champion Mitch Evans of Giles Motorsport retained both his International Trophy and main series titles, joining Daniel Gaunt as the only drivers to have won the Series on more than one occasion, after enjoying a successful championship campaign. Evans took seven race victories – including becoming the youngest-ever winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix – and fourteen podium finishes out of a possible fifteen races. Evans clinched both championship titles at Manfield after his closest rival at the time, Scott Pye elected not to attend the final meeting of the season at Taupō due to testing commitments in Europe. Pye fell to fourth in the championship standings after strong weekends for Nick Cassidy and Jamie McNee allowed them to overhaul Pye's points tally.
Cassidy, another Giles Motorsport driver, finished as top rookie after taking the round victory at Taupō which included his first two race wins in the Series, and he also took five further podium finishes as he finished 168 points behind Evans. McNee, in his second season in the championship, took his first race victories, winning at Timaru and Hampton Downs as well as a second place at Taupō to finish 47 points clear of Pye. Russian driver Daniil Kvyat finished the best of the five European drivers in the series, finishing in fifth place for Victory Motor Racing with a solitary victory at Manfeild. Two other drivers won races during the season, Russia's Ivan Lukashevich, like fellow countryman Kvyat won at Manfeild, and Britain's Alex Lynn won at Teretonga.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Giles Motorsport | 1 | Mitch Evans | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 7 | Nick Cassidy | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 13 | Nick Foster | All |
| Giles Motorsport | 36 | Alex Lynn | 1–4 |
| M2 Competition | 2 | Earl Bamber | 4 |
| M2 Competition | 4 | Kotaro Sakurai | 1–4 |
| M2 Competition | 5 | Ivan Lukashevich | 1–4 |
| M2 Competition | 11 | Earl Bamber | 3 |
| M2 Competition | 11 | Ken Smith | 4 |
| M2 Competition | 22 | Jordan Skinner | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 8 | Jamie McNee | All |
| ETEC Motorsport | 19 | Scott Pye | 1–4 |
| ETEC Motorsport | 19 | Jono Lester | 5 |
| ETEC Motorsport | 20 | Josh Hill | 1–4 |
| ETEC Motorsport | 48 | Mario Farnbacher | 1–4 |
| Dart International | 17 | Alastair Wootten | All |
| Victory Motor Racing | 29 | Daniil Kvyat | 1–4 |
| Victory Motor Racing | 87 | Damon Leitch | All |

## Calendar

The first four rounds were part of the International Trophy.
| Round | Round | Date | Circuit/Location |
| 1 | R1 | 15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 1 | R2 | 16 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 1 | R3 | 16 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| 2 | R1 | 22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 2 | R2 | 23 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 2 | R3 | 23 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| 3 | R1 | 5 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 3 | R2 | 6 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 3 | R3 | 6 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| 4 | R1 | 12 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| 4 | R2 | 13 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| 4 | R3 | 13 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| 5 | R1 | 12 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| 5 | R2 | 13 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| 5 | R3 | 13 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |

## Results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Round Winning Driver | Round Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Mitch Evans | Scott Pye | ETEC Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 1 | R2 | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Nick Cassidy | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 1 | R3 | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | | Alex Lynn | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 2 | R1 | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 2 | R3 | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | | Jamie McNee | ETEC Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | Nick Foster | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | | Jamie McNee | ETEC Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 3 | R3 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | Nick Foster | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 4 | R1 | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | Daniil Kvyat | Daniil Kvyat | Victory Motor Racing | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | | Ivan Lukashevich | M2 Competition | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 4 | R3 | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport |
| 5 | R1 | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | Mitch Evans | Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport | Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport |
| 5 | R2 | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport |
| 5 | R3 | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | | Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport | 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 | TER | TER | TIM | TIM | TIM | HMP | HMP | HMP | MAN | MAN | MAN | TAU | TAU | TAU | Points |
| 1 | Mitch Evans | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 973 |
| 2 | Nick Cassidy | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 805 |
| 3 | Jamie McNee | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 675 |
| 4 | Scott Pye | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | 628 |
| 5 | Daniil Kvyat | 3 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | 600 |
| 6 | Alastair Wootten | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 2 | 584 |
| 7 | Ivan Lukashevich | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | 531 |
| 8 | Damon Leitch | Ret | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 6 | 517 |
| 9 | Alex Lynn | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | | | | 514 |
| 10 | Nick Foster | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 510 |
| 11 | Jordan Skinner | 10 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 410 |
| 12 | Mario Farnbacher | Ret | 5 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | | | 397 |
| 13 | Josh Hill | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | | | | 368 |
| 14 | Kotaro Sakurai | 7 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | | | | 325 |
| 15 | Earl Bamber | | | | | | | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 12 | Ret | | | | 164 |
| 16 | Jono Lester | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 157 |
| 17 | Ken Smith | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 13 | 11 | | | | 78 |
| Pos | Driver | TER | TER | TER | TIM | TIM | TIM | HMP | HMP | HMP | MAN | MAN | MAN | TAU | TAU | TAU | 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) |