2019 Toyota Racing Series

The 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series was the fifteenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series consisted of fifteen races at five meetings. It began on 10 January at Highlands Motorsport Park, in Cromwell, and concluded on 10 February with the 64th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding.

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

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Team No. Driver Status Rounds
MTEC Motorsport 5 Romania Petru Florescu All
11 Australia Jackson Walls[1] R 2–5
36 Japan Kazuto Kotaka[2] R All
54 Australia Calan Williams[3] All
Giles Motorsport 7 South Africa Raoul Hyman[4] All
9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček[5] R All
16 Australia Tommy Smith[6] R All
21 United States Dev Gore[7] All
48 New Zealand Ken Smith[8] 5
M2 Competition 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong[9] All
10 New Zealand Liam Lawson[10] R All
12 Russia Artem Petrov[11] All
22 Austria Lucas Auer[12] All
28 United States Cameron Das[13] All
30 Belgium Esteban Muth[5] R All
Victory Motor Racing 66 United States Parker Locke[14] R All
86 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[15] All

Race calendar

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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]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
Cromwell, Otago 		12 January South Africa Raoul Hyman New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
R2 13 January New Zealand Brendon Leitch New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing
R3 Austria Lucas Auer New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
2 R1 Teretonga Park
Invercargill, Southland 		19 January New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition
R2 20 January Races 2 and 3 cancelled due to unsafe high wind conditions.[17]
R3
3 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Hampton Downs, North Waikato 		25 January [N 1] United States Cameron Das Russia Artem Petrov M2 Competition
R2 26 January New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition
R3 27 January New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
R4 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Russia Artem Petrov New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition
4 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
Taupō, South Waikato 		2 February New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
R2 New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Austria Lucas Auer M2 Competition
R3 3 February New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Belgium Esteban Muth M2 Competition
R4 Austria Lucas Auer Austria Lucas Auer New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
Feilding, Manawatū District 		9 February New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition
R2 10 February United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das M2 Competition
R3 Austria Lucas Auer New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition

Championship standings

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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

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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
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
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver HIG TER HMP TAU MAN Points
1 New Zealand Liam Lawson 1 5 1 2 C C 7 3 1 Ret 1 2 3 3 2 5 1 356
2 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 2 3 2 1 C C 10 1 4 1 3 NC 8 1 1 9 2 346
3 Austria Lucas Auer 3 Ret 4 5 C C Ret 4 3 15 2 1 7 2 3 2 Ret 270
4 South Africa Raoul Hyman 4 2 3 11 C C 5 2 9 10 5 3 6 5 9 6 4 270
5 Belgium Esteban Muth 6 4 11 9 C C Ret 6 2 5 7 6 1 4 6 3 5 258
6 New Zealand Brendon Leitch 5 1 9 8 C C 3 14 10 4 13 5 2 9 4 4 6 245
7 United States Cameron Das 9 6 7 4 C C Ret 7 5 3 15 10 5 8 7 1 Ret 205
8 Australia Calan Williams 11 7 8 7 C C Ret 8 8 7 8 8 9 7 5 7 Ret 183
9 Russia Artem Petrov 10 Ret 6 3 C C 1 Ret 7 2 4 4 4 Ret DNS DNS Ret 181
10 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 8 Ret 10 6 C C 11 9 6 6 9 15 10 6 Ret 10 3 176
11 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 7 8 5 12 C C 2 Ret 11 12 14 7 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 123
12 Australia Jackson Walls 13 C C 8 5 Ret 8 6 13 12 10 10 Ret Ret 110
13 United States Dev Gore 14 9 13 10 C C 4 13 14 14 12 9 14 12 11 Ret Ret 109
14 Australia Tommy Smith 15 12 12 14 C C 12 11 12 9 11 14 13 13 14 8 Ret 101
15 United States Parker Locke 13 11 14 15 C C 9 12 15 11 16 12 15 Ret 12 11 7 100
16 Romania Petru Florescu 12 10 Ret Ret C C 6 10 13 13 10 11 Ret 11 8 Ret DNS 98
17 New Zealand Ken Smith 13 13 8 27
Pos. Driver HIG 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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "Castrol Toyota Racing Series welcomes youngest gun". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Kotaka heading to New Zealand to begin 2019". 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Williams set to begin 2019 European challenge with NZ warm up". 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Hyman aiming to win in New Zealand to begin 2019". January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Allen, Peter (30 October 2018). "Italian F4 rookie champion Petr Ptacek to contest Toyota Racing Series". FormulaScout. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Smith to run Castrol Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport". 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Gore for New Zealand as 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series gathers pace". 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  8. ^ "King Kenny rides again". February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "Kiwi Armstrong aiming to win". 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Lawson first Kiwi for Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Petrov heads to New Zealand to begin 2019". Toyota New Zealand. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Auer heads to New Zealand to begin 2019 campaign". Toyota New Zealand. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Das a likely challenger in Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Young US racer Locke's in New Zealand Camp". 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Leitch back for title attempt in Castrol Toyota Racing Series". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Toyota Racing Series unveils 2019 schedule". Motorsport.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  17. ^ a b Bradley, Charles (19 January 2019). "Toyota cancels further Teretonga TRS track activity on safety grounds". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network.
  18. ^ "Castrol Toyota Racing Series Points Table". Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  19. ^ "The DownLow; The Official Magazine of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series; Issue 09". 15 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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