2012 New Zealand Grand Prix

CUST Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2012 Toyota Racing Series New Zealand New Zealand mylaps.com http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id%3D2168737 https://archive.today/20120912070640/http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=2168737 2012-09-12 2016-02-14 dead Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg 12 February, 2012 LVII New Zealand Grand Prix Permanent racing facility Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand 1.885 3.033 35 65.96 106.16 Fine Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:03.392 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:04.235 22 NZL Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport NZL Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport NED Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport AUTThe 2012 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 12 February 2012. It was the fifty-seventh New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2012 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series. Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 17-year-old New Zealander Nick Cassidy who became the who became the second teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after sixteen-year-old Mitch Evans the previous year.https://www.toyota.co.nz/racing/ Evans becomes youngest Grand Prix winner Toyota Racing Series 2011-02-14 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035159/http://www.toyota.co.nz/racing/ 2014-11-29 The Giles Motorsport team dominated the race, filling all three podium positions. Dutch driver Hannes van Asseldonk finished second, 05 seconds behind Cassidy. Third was Austrian driver Lucas Auer. Cassidy inherited the lead after the retirement of fellow Giles Motorsport driver and defending champion Mitch Evans who held a three-second lead when his car failed on lap 28.https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/6405360/Cassidy-claims-GP-title Cassidy claims GP title Stuff 12 February 2012 13 July 2018 Completing Giles Motorsport's dominance of the race, Brazilian driver Bruno Bonifacio finished fourth. Nathanaël Berthon was the first driver from any other team, finishing fifth for M2 Competition. Cassidy's win also wrapped up a success championship campaign for Cassidy, winning his first major championship with the 2012 Toyota Racing Series crown. Results Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Time Grid 1 1 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:03.178 1 2 2 NZL Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport 1:03.391 2 3 5 BRA Bruno Bonifacio Giles Motorsport 1:03.518 3 4 52 FRA Nathanaël Berthon M2 Competition 1:03.711 4 5 16 NED Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport 1:03.791 5 6 15 AUT Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport 1:03.817 6 7 10 GBR Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport 1:03.967 7 8 42 GBR Jordan King M2 Competition 1:03.980 8 9 87 NZL Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:04.146 9 10 53 ITA Raffaele Marciello M2 Competition 1:04.201 10 11 6 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Giles Motorsport 1:04.285 11 12 43 THA Tanart Sathienthirakul M2 Competition 1:04.353 12 13 7 NZL Jono Lester ETEC Motorsport 1:04.403 13 14 4 NZL Chris Vlok Victory Motor Racing 1:04.492 14 15 20 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Victory Motor Racing 1:04.584 15 16 8 MYS Melvin Moh ETEC Motorsport 1:04.729 16 17 88 ITA Michela Cerruti Victory Motor Racing 1:04.809 17 18 11 IND Shahaan Engineer ETEC Motorsport 1:04.847 18 19 9 NZL Ken Smith ETEC Motorsport 1:05.394 19 20 51 IND Sheban Siddiqi M2 Competition 1:05.950 20 Source(s):https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Sessions/2167926 Q6C Toyota Racing Series - Super Pole 7 June 2022 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid 1 2 NZL Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport 35 40min 18.327sec 2 2 16 NED Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport 35 + 0.509s 5 3 15 AUT Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport 35 + 4.800s 6 4 5 BRA Bruno Bonifacio Giles Motorsport 35 + 7.772s 3 5 52 FRA Nathanaël Berthon M2 Competition 35 + 8.363s 4 6 7 NZL Jono Lester ETEC Motorsport 35 + 11.723s 13 7 6 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Giles Motorsport 35 + 12.294s 11 8 20 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Victory Motor Racing 35 + 18.280s 15 9 8 MYS Melvin Moh ETEC Motorsport 35 + 24.164s 16 10 43 THA Tanart Sathienthirakul M2 Competition 35 + 28.179s 12 11 4 NZL Chris Vlok Victory Motor Racing 35 + 28.265s 14 12 88 ITA Michela Cerruti Victory Motor Racing 35 + 28.683s 17 13 9 NZL Ken Smith ETEC Motorsport 35 + 39.874s 19 14 51 IND Sheban Siddiqi M2 Competition 35 + 1:01.730s 20 15 11 IND Shahaan Engineer ETEC Motorsport 34 + 1 lap 18 16 87 NZL Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 30 + 5 laps 9 Ret 1 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 28 Engine 1 Ret 10 GBR Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport 17 Retired 7 Ret 53 ITA Raffaele Marciello M2 Competition 15 Retired 10 Ret 42 GBR Jordan King M2 Competition 4 Retired 8 Source(s):https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Sessions/2168737 Race 20 Toyota Racing Series - NZ Grand Prix 7 June 2022 References External links Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Grand Prix 2011 New Zealand Grand Prix 2012 2013 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Grand Prix Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Category:Toyota Racing Series Category:February 2012 sports events in New Zealand