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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 Neuseeland Brendon Leitch 1-3
49 Australien Thomas Randle[3] 1-3
51 Vereinigte Staaten Shelby Blackstock Template:Rookie 1-3
80 Russland Nikita Lastochkin Template:Rookie 1-3
M2 Competition 5 Brasilien Pedro Piquet 1-3
8 Neuseeland Marcus Armstrong Template:Rookie 1-3
9 Indien Jehan Daruvala 1-3
27 Frankreich Jean Baptiste Simmenauer[4] Template:Rookie 1-3
62 Österreich Ferdinand Habsburg[5] 1-3
83 Kanada Kami Laliberté[6] 1-3
MTEC Motorsport 10 Frankreich Thomas Neubauer[7] Template:Rookie 1-3
11 Neuseeland Taylor Cockerton[8] 1-3
24 Indien Ameya Vaidyanathan[9] Template:Rookie 1-3
33 Vereinigte Staaten Kory Enders Template:Rookie 1-3
Giles Motorsport 12 Brasilien Christian Hahn Template:Rookie 1-3
22 Niederlande Richard Verschoor[10] Template:Rookie 1-3
26 Australien Harry Hayek Template:Rookie 1-3
47 Deutschland Keyvan Andres Soori Template:Rookie 1-3
65 Vereinigtes Königreich Enaam Ahmed[11] Template:Rookie 1-3
96 Australien Luis Leeds[12] Template:Rookie 1-3

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) Bericht
1 R1 14 January Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch Indien Jehan Daruvala Niederlande Richard Verschoor Neuseeland Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition Niederlande Richard Verschoor Bericht
R2 15 January Neuseeland Taylor Cockerton Australien Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing
R3 Indien Jehan Daruvala Indien Jehan Daruvala Indien Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition
2 R1 21 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill Australien Thomas Randle Australien Thomas Randle Niederlande Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport Niederlande Richard Verschoor Bericht
R2 22 January Australien Thomas Randle Brasilien Pedro Piquet M2 Competition
R3 Neuseeland Brendon Leitch Niederlande Richard Verschoor Niederlande Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport
3 R1 28 January Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato Australien Thomas Randle Australien Thomas Randle Neuseeland Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition Brasilien Pedro Piquet Bericht
R2 29 January Vereinigtes Königreich Enaam Ahmed Vereinigtes Königreich Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport
R3 Australien Thomas Randle Australien Thomas Randle Australien Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing
4 R1 4 February Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo Neuseeland Marcus Armstrong Neuseeland Brendon Leitch Neuseeland Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing Bericht
R2 5 February
R3 Indien Jehan Daruvala
5 R1 11 February Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding Bericht
R2 12 February
R3

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 Niederlande Richard Verschoor 3 2 4 1 2 1 4 2 16 8 578
2 Australien Thomas Randle 4 1 5 7 3 3 3 7 1 4 571
3 Brasilien Pedro Piquet 6 17 3 3 1 5 2 3 4 5 537
4 Indien Jehan Daruvala 2 Ret 1 9 7 2 14 8 3 3 470
5 Neuseeland Marcus Armstrong 1 3 Ret 11 4 4 1 4 Ret 2 469
6 Vereinigtes Königreich Enaam Ahmed 8 12 2 5 Ret 8 5 1 9 7 424
7 Neuseeland Taylor Cockerton 5 4 11 6 5 9 8 9 6 Ret 383
8 Kanada Kami Laliberté 10 8 10 12 6 6 7 6 15 6 377
9 Neuseeland Brendon Leitch 9 6 7 2 Ret 7 12 15 17 1 375
10 Österreich Ferdinand Habsburg 7 5 6 4 Ret 18 9 10 2 18 358
11 Vereinigte Staaten Shelby Blackstock 11 7 15 14 12 12 11 13 11 14 284
12 Australien Luis Leeds 15 11 13 16 10 14 13 19 5 9 280
13 Brasilien Christian Hahn 17 16 8 8 9 10 18 18 8 15 278
14 Australien Harry Hayek 14 9 12 13 16 15 15 11 7 13 276
15 Deutschland Keyvan Andres Soori 12 10 Ret 10 8 17 10 12 12 10 273
16 Indien Ameya Vaidyanathan 13 14 Ret 15 11 19 6 5 Ret 12 238
17 Frankreich Thomas Neubauer 16 18 14 20 13 13 Ret 14 13 11 204
18 Frankreich Jean Baptiste Simmenauer 18 19 Ret 19 15 16 17 16 14 17 166
19 Russland Nikita Lastochkin Ret 15 Ret 17 14 11 Ret Ret 10 16 147
20 Vereinigte Staaten Kory Enders 19 13 9 18 Ret 20 16 17 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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

  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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