2019 Toyota Racing Series
The 2019
The championship, as well as the 2019 New Zealand Grand Prix was won by rookie Liam Lawson; who became the first New Zealander to win the championship since Nick Cassidy in 2013.
Champion Liam Lawson and runner-up Marcus Armstrong both took five wins apiece, whilst Cameron Das, FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver Lucas Auer, Esteban Muth, Brendon Leitch and Artem Petrov all had one race win each.
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Status | Rounds |
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MTEC Motorsport | 5 | Petru Florescu | All | |
11 | Jackson Walls[1] | R | 2–5 | |
36 | Kazuto Kotaka[2] | R | All | |
54 | Calan Williams[3] | All | ||
Giles Motorsport | 7 | Raoul Hyman[4] | All | |
9 | Petr Ptáček[5] | R | All | |
16 | Tommy Smith[6] | R | All | |
21 | Dev Gore[7] | All | ||
48 | Ken Smith[8] | 5 | ||
M2 Competition | 8 | Marcus Armstrong[9] | All | |
10 | Liam Lawson[10] | R | All | |
12 | Artem Petrov[11] | All | ||
22 | Lucas Auer[12] | All | ||
28 | Cameron Das[13] | All | ||
30 | Esteban Muth[5] | R | All | |
Victory Motor Racing | 66 | Parker Locke[14] | R | All |
86 | Brendon Leitch[15] | All |
Race calendar
The calendar for the series was announced on 19 June 2018, and will be held over five successive weekends in January and February.[16] Races 2 and 3 of the second round at Teretonga were postponed to due high winds and rescheduled. Race 2 will be run at Hampton Downs, and Race 3 qualifying and race will be run at Taupō.[17]
Championship standings
The series had introduced a new drivers' championship points system for the season. Drivers were awarded the same number of points for Races 1 & 3. Race 2 featured a reversed grid of the top 6 to 8 finishers from Race 1, and awarded reduced points to the top 15 finishers. Drivers must have completed 75% of the race distance and be running at the finish to score points.[18][19]
Scoring system
- Race (starting grid from qualifying)
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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Points | 35 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Reversed grid Race
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole
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Footnotes
- ^ Race 1 at Hampton Downs was the make-up of Race 2 from Teretonga, featuring a partially reversed grid of the top six finishers from the first race.
References
- ^ "Castrol Toyota Racing Series welcomes youngest gun". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Kotaka heading to New Zealand to begin 2019". 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Williams set to begin 2019 European challenge with NZ warm up". 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Hyman aiming to win in New Zealand to begin 2019". January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ a b Allen, Peter (30 October 2018). "Italian F4 rookie champion Petr Ptacek to contest Toyota Racing Series". FormulaScout. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Smith to run Castrol Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport". 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Gore for New Zealand as 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series gathers pace". 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "King Kenny rides again". February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ "Kiwi Armstrong aiming to win". 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Lawson first Kiwi for Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Petrov heads to New Zealand to begin 2019". Toyota New Zealand. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Auer heads to New Zealand to begin 2019 campaign". Toyota New Zealand. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Das a likely challenger in Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Young US racer Locke's in New Zealand Camp". 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Leitch back for title attempt in Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Toyota Racing Series unveils 2019 schedule". Motorsport.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ a b Bradley, Charles (19 January 2019). "Toyota cancels further Teretonga TRS track activity on safety grounds". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network.
- ^ "Castrol Toyota Racing Series Points Table". Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "The DownLow; The Official Magazine of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series; Issue 09". 15 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.