2015 Toyota Racing Series

Motor racing competition March 2026 2015 Toyota Racing Series 2014 2016 The 2015 Toyota Racing Series was the eleventh running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheeler motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series, which consisted of sixteen races at five meetings, began on 14 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, and ended on 15 February with the 60th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Manfeild Autocourse in Feilding. With a third-place finish in the penultimate race of the season at Manfeild, Canadian driver Lance Stroll – driving for M2 Competition – clinched the championship title, having amassed an unassailable 93-point lead ahead of the final race.Khorounzhiy Valentin 2015-03-10 2015 Toyota Racing Series season review https://formulascout.com/2015-toyota-racing-series-season-review/24880 2024-08-11 Formula Scout en-US Stroll won three of the first four races held in the series at Ruapuna and Teretonga (taking the round wins at both circuits) before consistent finishing for the remainder of the campaign allowed him to maintain his championship lead throughout. Stroll added his fourth win of the season in the final race, the New Zealand Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian to win the Grand Prix. M2 Competition team-mate Brandon Maïsano finished the season as runner-up, 108 points in arrears of Stroll. Maïsano won five races during the season – the most of all drivers – with a win at each meeting except for Teretonga, while taking the round win at Hampton Downs. Third place in the championship went to Santino Ferrucci, for the Giles Motorsport team. Ferrucci took five podium finishes before taking his first victory at Manfeild, in the second race. He finished 33 points behind Maïsano and 141 behind Stroll. Four other drivers took race victories during the 2015 season as Arjun Maini (M2 Competition) and Sam MacLeod (Giles Motorsport) each won two races – both at Hampton Downs and Taupō respectively – as they completed the top five in the drivers' championship, with MacLeod taking the round wins at Taupō and Manfeild. Two drivers from New Zealand also won races, both coming at Teretonga Park as Jamie Conroy – another M2 Competition driver – and Brendon Leitch, for Victory Motor Racing, both achieved their first victories in the series. Only ETEC Motorsport failed to take a race win, with a pair of third places from Thomas Randle being their best result. Teams and drivers All teams were New-Zealand registered. Team No. Car number Driver Status Rounds Giles Motorsport 4 MEX Alfonso Celis Jr. Rookie All 5 GBR Sam MacLeod Rookie All 7 RUS Dzhon Simonyan Rookie 1–3 BRA Sérgio Sette Câmara Rookie 4–5 10 USA Santino Ferrucci Rookie All 21 RUS Artem Markelov Rookie All 40 NZL James Munrohttp://www.paddockscout.com/fmcs-champion-munro-confirms-toyota-racing-series-return/ FMCS champion Munro confirms Toyota Racing Series return Khorounzhiy Valentin 4 December 2014 Paddock Scout 16 December 2014 All M2 Competition 8 DNK Mathias Kristensenhttp://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=49355&cat=21 Markelov e Stroll nella Toyota Racing Series 16 December 2014 Italiaracing Inpagina Italian Markelov and Stroll in the Toyota Racing Series 16 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141217082247/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=49355&cat=21 17 December 2014 dead dmy-all Rookie All 18 CAN Lance Stroll Rookie All 19 FRA Brandon Maïsano Rookie All 23 NZL Jamie Conroyhttp://www.paddockscout.com/nz-formula-ford-champion-conroy-joins-toyota-racing-series/ NZ Formula Ford champion Conroy joins Toyota Racing Series Khorounzhiy Valentin 16 December 2014 Paddock Scout 16 December 2014 Rookie All 28 IRL Charlie Eastwood Rookie All 36 IND Arjun Maini Rookie All Victory Motor Racing 11 AUT Stefan Riener Rookie All 62 AUT Ferdinand Habsburg Rookie All 86 NZL Brendon Leitch All 87 NZL Damon Leitchhttp://www.toyota.co.nz/racing/toyota-racing-series/news/the-names-of-the-future-racing-here-today/ The names of the future — racing here today 13 December 2014 Toyota Racing Series 16 December 2014 All ETEC Motorsport 12 ITA Matteo Ferrer Rookie All 17 RUS Nikita Mazepin Rookie All 49 AUS Thomas Randlehttp://www.paddockscout.com/thomas-randle-joins-etec-for-2015-toyota-racing-series-campaign/ Thomas Randle joins ETEC for 2015 Toyota Racing Series campaign Khorounzhiy Valentin 6 December 2014 Paddock Scout 16 December 2014 Rookie All 53 GBR Callum Ilotthttp://www.paddockscout.com/karting-star-ilott-joins-trs-for-car-debut/ Karting star Ilott joins TRS for car debut Khorounzhiy Valentin 28 December 2014 Paddock Scout 1 January 2015 Rookie All Race calendar and results The calendar for the series was announced on 14 July 2014, and was held over five successive weekends in January and February.http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/toyota-racing-series-announces-2015-championship-calendar/ TOYOTA RACING SERIES ANNOUNCES 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR 14 July 2014 MotorSport New Zealand 23 September 2014 The event at Taupo Motorsport Park was held as a quadruple-header,http://www.motorsport.org.nz/sites/default/files/motorsport/technical-regulations/2015%20TRS%20Articles.pdf 2015 Toyota Racing Series Championship Articles 8 7.4.1 (b): The races available at Round 4 will be; Saturday afternoon – Race One and Race Two, Sunday afternoon – Race Three and Race Four. 17 January 2015 MotorSport New Zealand MotorSport New Zealand Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20150121030107/http://motorsport.org.nz/sites/default/files/motorsport/technical-regulations/2015%20TRS%20Articles.pdf 21 January 2015 dead the first such instance for the series. Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s) Driver(s), who scored more points in the round than the others 1 R1 17 January Ruapuna Park, Christchurch FRA Brandon Maïsano AUT Stefan Riener CAN Lance Stroll M2 Competition CAN Lance Stroll R2 18 January FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition R3 GBR Sam MacLeod GBR Sam MacLeod CAN Lance Stroll M2 Competition 2 R1 24 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill ITA Matteo Ferrer CAN Lance Stroll CAN Lance Stroll M2 Competition CAN Lance Stroll R2 25 January USA Santino Ferrucci NZL Jamie Conroy M2 Competition R3 NZL Brendon Leitch USA Santino Ferrucci NZL Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 3 R1 31 January Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato IND Arjun Maini IND Arjun Maini IND Arjun Maini M2 Competition FRA Brandon Maïsano R2 1 February AUT Ferdinand Habsburg FRA Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition R3 FRA Brandon Maïsano IND Arjun Maini GBR Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport 4 R1 7 February Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō IND Arjun Maini AUS Thomas Randle GBR Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport GBR Sam MacLeod R2 FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition R3 8 February FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition R4 IND Arjun Maini IRL Charlie Eastwood IND Arjun Maini M2 Competition 5 R1 14 February Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano FRA Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition GBR Sam MacLeod R2 15 February GBR Callum Ilott USA Santino Ferrucci Giles Motorsport R3 IND Arjun Maini FRA Brandon Maïsano CAN Lance Stroll M2 Competition Championship standings In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the race's completion. All races counted towards the final 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 Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 Drivers' championship Pos. Driver RUA TER HMP TAU MAN Points 1 CAN Lance Stroll 1 4 1 1 3 3 Ret 5 2 3 4 2 11 6 3 1 906 2 FRA Brandon Maïsano 5 1 Ret 12 11 6 2 1 3 6 1 1 Ret 1 8 3 798 3 USA Santino Ferrucci 7 5 4 Ret 17 2 3 3 5 2 2 8 16 5 1 5 765 4 IND Arjun Maini 2 6 2 9 7 4 1 16 4 12 14 4 1 2 17 14 750 5 GBR Sam MacLeod Ret 8 5 Ret 13 5 Ret 9 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 4 684 6 NZL Damon Leitch 15 9 14 8 9 13 5 6 18 8 8 5 6 12 16 10 546 7 IRL Charlie Eastwood 4 2 Ret 14 12 10 12 14 15 NC 9 7 3 15 12 2 535 8 RUS Artem Markelov Ret Ret 3 5 2 7 7 Ret 6 14 Ret Ret 2 7 7 6 525 9 NZL James Munro 13 10 12 2 4 9 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 6 4 9 Ret 16 522 10 AUS Thomas Randle 3 14 6 11 8 8 Ret 8 7 4 3 Ret 9 19 Ret 9 518 11 DNK Mathias Kristensen 9 12 10 10 10 14 9 4 19 11 7 14 7 14 10 18 502 12 AUT Ferdinand Habsburg 6 3 Ret 7 6 12 10 2 11 15 16 16 14 11 14 Ret 490 13 AUT Stefan Riener 11 15 7 3 Ret DNS 13 7 10 9 5 15 Ret 10 5 8 483 14 NZL Brendon Leitch 10 Ret 9 4 5 1 DSQ 11 16 NC 11 10 8 13 11 15 477 15 NZL Jamie Conroy 12 11 13 6 1 11 NC 13 14 Ret 13 11 13 18 9 12 446 16 GBR Callum Ilott 16 NC Ret 15 14 Ret 4 12 17 Ret 12 12 12 4 4 Ret 358 17 MEX Alfonso Celis Jr. 8 7 8 DNS Ret DNS Ret 10 12 10 Ret 18 10 17 15 13 329 18 RUS Nikita Mazepin Ret 13 Ret 13 16 15 11 Ret 8 13 10 17 15 20 Ret 11 304 19 ITA Matteo Ferrer 14 16 11 Ret 15 NC Ret 15 13 Ret 17 9 Ret 16 13 7 286 20 BRA Sérgio Sette Câmara 5 15 13 Ret 8 6 17 199 21 RUS Dzhon Simonyan Ret Ret DNS DNS 18 Ret 8 NC Ret 55 Pos. 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