2011 Toyota Racing Series

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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

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Giles Motorsport1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans [1] All
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy [1] All
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster [1] All
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn [1] 1–4
M2 Competition 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber [2] 4
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Sakurai [1] 1–4
5 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Lukashevich [1] 1–4
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber [3] 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith [1] 4
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Skinner [1] All
ETEC Motorsport8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie McNee [1] All
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye [1] 1–4
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jono Lester [4] 5
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Hill [1] 1–4
48 Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher [1] 1–4
Dart International17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alastair Wootten [1] All
Victory Motor Racing29 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat [1] 1–4
87 Flag of New Zealand.svg Damon Leitch [1] All

Calendar

The first four rounds were part of the International Trophy. [5]

RoundDateCircuit/Location
1R115 January Flag of New Zealand.svg Teretonga Park, Invercargill
R216 January
R3
2R122 January Flag of New Zealand.svg Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru
R223 January
R3
3R15 February Flag of New Zealand.svg Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato
R26 February
R3
4R112 February Flag of New Zealand.svg Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding
R213 February
R3
5R112 March Flag of New Zealand.svg Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō
R213 March
R3

Results

RoundCircuitPole PositionWinning DriverWinning TeamRound Winning DriverRound Winning Team
1R1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Teretonga Park, Invercargill Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn Giles Motorsport
2R1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie McNeeETEC Motorsport
3R1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie McNeeETEC Motorsport
R3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
4R1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R2 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Lukashevich M2 Competition
R3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
5R1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
R3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th27th28th29th30th
Points756760544945423936333028262422201816141210987654321

Drivers' Championship

PosDriver TER TIM HMP MAN TAU Points
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans 213113121221Ret13973
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy R9285243331168151805
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie McNee61011126151613712627675
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye 1453471194343628
5 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat R3Ret61375272132600
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alastair Wootten11778968107715Ret362584
7 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Lukashevich 889652101210617531
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Damon Leitch RRet34118Ret651488Ret486517
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn 461231044Ret99Ret514
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster R59Ret710RetRet13135145235510
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Skinner R10Ret12911912Ret1110Ret10778410
12 Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher RRet524RetRet131184106397
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Hill RRet1210Ret1389891254368
14 Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Sakurai R711131012Ret14141214119325
15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber 765Ret12Ret164
16 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jono Lester 544157
17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith 15131178
PosDriver TER TIM HMP MAN TAU Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
R – Rookie

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