2011 Toyota Racing Series

Motor racing competition March 2026 February 2020 2011 Toyota Racing Series 2010 2012 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. Car number Driver Rounds Giles Motorsport 1 NZL Mitch Evans2011 Toyota Racing Series Competitor List toyotaracing.co.nz Toyota Racing Management http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/wp-content/themes/TRS/uploads/2010/12/TRS-Competitors-as-Dec-10.pdf 21 December 2010 21 December 2010 All 7 NZL Nick Cassidy All 13 AUS Nick Foster All 36 GBR Alex Lynn 1–4 M2 Competition 2 NZL Earl Bamberhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/4648780/Earl-Bamber-rusty-for-NZ-Grand-Prix-defence Peter Martinez Earl Bamber rusty for NZ Grand Prix defence 11 February 2011 12 February 2011 Stuff Fairfax Media 4 4 JPN Kotaro Sakurai 1–4 5 RUS Ivan Lukashevich 1–4 11 NZL Earl Bamberhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport/news/article.cfm?c_id=66&objectid=10704102 Bamber late entry for Toyota series 4 February 2011 4 February 2011 The New Zealand Herald APN News & Media New Zealand Press Association 3 NZL Ken Smith 4 22 AUS Jordan Skinner All ETEC Motorsport 8 NZL Jamie McNee All 19 AUS Scott Pye 1–4 NZL Jono LesterLester to make Toyota Racing Series debut at Taupo toyotaracing.co.nz Toyota Racing Management http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/lester-to-make-toyota-racing-series-debut-at-taupo 11 March 2011 11 March 2011 5 20 GBR Josh Hill 1–4 48 DEU Mario Farnbacher 1–4 Dart International 17 NZL Alastair Wootten All Victory Motor Racing 29 RUS Daniil Kvyat 1–4 87 NZL Damon Leitch All Calendar The first four rounds were part of the International Trophy.http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/wp-content/themes/TRS/uploads/2010/12/2011-Toyota-Racing-Series-Points1.pdf Toyota Racing Series – 2011 17 February 2011 toyotaracing.co.nz 17 February 2011 Round Date Circuit/Location 1 R1 15 January NZL Teretonga Park, Invercargill R2 16 January R3 2 R1 22 January NZL Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru R2 23 January R3 3 R1 5 February NZL Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato R2 6 February R3 4 R1 12 February NZL Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding R2 13 February R3 5 R1 12 March NZL Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō R2 13 March R3 Results Round Circuit Pole Position Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winning Driver Round Winning Team 1 R1 NZL Teretonga Park, Invercargill NZL Mitch Evans AUS Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R2 NZL Nick Cassidy NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R3 GBR Alex Lynn Giles Motorsport 2 R1 NZL Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru NZL Mitch Evans NZL Mitch Evans Giles MotorsportNZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R2 NZL Mitch Evans NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R3 NZL Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport 3 R1 NZL Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato AUS Nick Foster NZL Mitch Evans Giles MotorsportNZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R2 NZL Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport R3 AUS Nick Foster NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 4 R1 NZL Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor RacingNZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R2 RUS Ivan Lukashevich M2 Competition R3 NZL Mitch Evans NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 5 R1 NZL Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō NZL Mitch Evans NZL Nick Cassidy Giles MotorsportNZL Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport R2 NZL Mitch Evans NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport R3 NZL 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 HMP MAN TAU Points 1 NZL Mitch Evans 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 3 973 2 NZL Nick Cassidy 9 2 8 5 2 4 3 3 3 11 6 8 1 5 1 805 3 NZL Jamie McNee 6 10 11 12 6 1 5 1 6 13 7 12 6 2 7 675 4 AUS Scott Pye 1 4 5 3 4 7 11 9 4 3 4 3 628 5 RUS Daniil Kvyat 3 Ret 6 13 7 5 2 7 2 1 3 2 600 6 NZL Alastair Wootten 11 7 7 8 9 6 8 10 7 7 15 Ret 3 6 2 584 7 RUS Ivan Lukashevich 8 8 9 6 5 2 10 12 10 6 1 7 531 8 NZL Damon Leitch Ret 3 4 11 8 Ret 6 5 14 8 8 Ret 4 8 6 517 9 GBR Alex Lynn 4 6 1 2 3 10 4 4 Ret 9 9 Ret 514 10 AUS Nick Foster 5 9 Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 13 13 5 14 5 2 3 5 510 11 AUS Jordan Skinner 10 Ret 12 9 11 9 12 Ret 11 10 Ret 10 7 7 8 410 12 DEU Mario Farnbacher Ret 5 2 4 Ret Ret 13 11 8 4 10 6 397 13 GBR Josh Hill Ret 12 10 Ret 13 8 9 8 9 12 5 4 368 14 JPN Kotaro Sakurai 7 11 13 10 12 Ret 14 14 12 14 11 9 325 15 NZL Earl Bamber 7 6 5 Ret 12 Ret 164 16 NZL Jono Lester 5 4 4 157 17 NZL Ken Smith 15 13 11 78 Pos Driver TER TIM HMP MAN TAU PointsBold – Pole R – Rookie References Category:Toyota Racing Series Toyota Racing Series Category:2011 in formula racing