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The 2017 Toyota Racing Series is the thirteenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series consists of fifteen races at five meetings. It began on 14 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, and will end on 12 February with the 62nd running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding. Lando Norris is the defending drivers' champion but decided not to compete, concentrating on his European Formula Three campaign, whilst M2 Competition are the defending teams champions.

Teams and drivers

A new team, MTEC Motorsport will debut this season.^[1] In December 2016, the grid was finalized as follows:^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Victory Motor Racing	3	Brendon Leitch		All
	49	Thomas Randle^[3]		All
	51	Shelby Blackstock	Template:Rookie	All
	80	Nikita Lastochkin	Template:Rookie	All
M2 Competition	5	Pedro Piquet		All
	8	Marcus Armstrong	Template:Rookie	All
	9	Jehan Daruvala		All
	27	Jean Baptiste Simmenauer^[4]	Template:Rookie	All
	62	Ferdinand Habsburg^[5]		All
	83	Kami Laliberté^[6]		All
MTEC Motorsport	10	Thomas Neubauer^[7]	Template:Rookie	All
	11	Taylor Cockerton^[8]		All
	24	Ameya Vaidyanathan^[9]	Template:Rookie	All
	33	Kory Enders	Template:Rookie	All
Giles Motorsport	12	Christian Hahn	Template:Rookie	All
	22	Richard Verschoor^[10]	Template:Rookie	All
	26	Harry Hayek	Template:Rookie	All
	47	Keyvan Andres Soori	Template:Rookie	All
	65	Enaam Ahmed^[11]	Template:Rookie	All
	96	Luis Leeds^[12]	Template:Rookie	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the series was announced on 12 July 2016, and will be held over five successive weekends in January and February.^[13]

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)	Report
1	R1	14 January	Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch	Jehan Daruvala	Richard Verschoor	Marcus Armstrong	M2 Competition	Richard Verschoor	Report
	R2	15 January			Taylor Cockerton	Thomas Randle	Victory Motor Racing
	R3	15 January		Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	M2 Competition
2	R1	21 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Richard Verschoor	Giles Motorsport	Richard Verschoor	Report
	R2	22 January			Thomas Randle	Pedro Piquet	M2 Competition
	R3	22 January		Brendon Leitch	Richard Verschoor	Richard Verschoor	Giles Motorsport
3	R1	28 January	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato	Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Marcus Armstrong	M2 Competition	Pedro Piquet	Report
	R2	29 January			Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Giles Motorsport
	R3	29 January		Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Victory Motor Racing
4	R1	4 February	Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo	Marcus Armstrong	Brendon Leitch	Brendon Leitch	Victory Motor Racing	Marcus Armstrong	Report
	R2	5 February			Taylor Cockerton	Pedro Piquet	M2 Competition
	R3	5 February		Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Marcus Armstrong	M2 Competition
5	R1	11 February	Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding	Jehan Daruvala					Report
	R2	12 February
	R3	12 February		Jehan Daruvala

Championship standings

In order for a driver to score championship points, they have 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	Thomas Randle	4	1	5	7	3	3	3	7	1	4	2	4		692
2	Richard Verschoor	3	2	4	1	2	1	4	2	16	8	6	7		665
3	Pedro Piquet	6	17	3	3	1	5	2	3	4	5	1	5		661
4	Marcus Armstrong	1	3	Ret	11	4	4	1	4	Ret	2	4	1		598
5	Jehan Daruvala	2	Ret	1	9	7	2	14	8	3	3	3	2		597
6	Enaam Ahmed	8	12	2	5	Ret	8	5	1	9	7	7	11		496
7	Brendon Leitch	9	6	7	2	Ret	7	12	15	17	1	5	8		463
8	Taylor Cockerton	5	4	11	6	5	9	8	9	6	Ret	15	6		455
9	Kami Laliberté	10	8	10	12	6	6	7	6	15	6	11	9		443
10	Ferdinand Habsburg	7	5	6	4	Ret	18	9	10	2	18	16	3		438
11	Luis Leeds	15	11	13	16	10	14	13	19	5	9	8	12		347
12	Keyvan Andres Soori	12	10	Ret	10	8	17	10	12	12	10	10	13		332
13	Christian Hahn	17	16	8	8	9	10	18	18	8	15	12	15		328
14	Shelby Blackstock	11	7	15	14	12	12	11	13	11	14	14	17		326
15	Harry Hayek	14	9	12	13	16	15	15	11	7	13	Ret	10		309
16	Ameya Vaidyanathan	13	14	Ret	15	11	19	6	5	Ret	12	17	14		280
17	Thomas Neubauer	16	18	14	20	13	13	Ret	14	13	11	9	18		256
18	Nikita Lastochkin	Ret	15	Ret	17	14	11	Ret	Ret	10	16	13	16		193
19	Jean Baptiste Simmenauer	18	19	Ret	19	15	16	17	16	14	17	Ret	19		180
20	Kory Enders	19	13	9	18	Ret	20	16	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		142
Pos.	Driver	RUA			TER			HMP			TAU			MAN	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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

References

^ "New Australasian team to challenge in Toyota Racing Series". Toyota New Zealand. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Field set for 2017 Toyota Racing Series". 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
^ "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "French karting champion takes place of defending champion Lando Norris in TRS". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Habsburg joins Carlin for step up to European F3". 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016. Habsburg will contest the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand for a third straight year next month, and will switch to top team M2 Competition after coming fourth in the 2016 standings with Giles Motorsport.
^ "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "Cockerton first entry for 2017 Toyota Racing Series". Toyota New Zealand. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ "Vaidyanathan joins MTEC for 2017 TRS season". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^ "Verschoor overwintert in Toyota Racing Series" (in Dutch). Motorsport.com. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
^ "Motorsport: Talented teen confirmed for Toyota Racing Series". 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "16-YEAR-OLD HEADS AUSTRALIAN ASSAULT ON TOYOTA RACING SERIES". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ "Toyota Racing Series - prospects look good". Toyota New Zealand. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links

Official website of the Toyota Racing Series

[1] "New Australasian team to challenge in Toyota Racing Series". Toyota New Zealand. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[2] "Field set for 2017 Toyota Racing Series". 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

[3] "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[4] "French karting champion takes place of defending champion Lando Norris in TRS". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[5] "Habsburg joins Carlin for step up to European F3". 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016. Habsburg will contest the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand for a third straight year next month, and will switch to top team M2 Competition after coming fourth in the 2016 standings with Giles Motorsport.

[6] "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[7] "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[8] "Cockerton first entry for 2017 Toyota Racing Series". Toyota New Zealand. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[9] "Vaidyanathan joins MTEC for 2017 TRS season". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

[10] "Verschoor overwintert in Toyota Racing Series" (in Dutch). Motorsport.com. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[11] "Motorsport: Talented teen confirmed for Toyota Racing Series". 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[12] "16-YEAR-OLD HEADS AUSTRALIAN ASSAULT ON TOYOTA RACING SERIES". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[13] "Toyota Racing Series - prospects look good". Toyota New Zealand. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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