Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2012 Toyota Racing Series
Race details[1]
Date
12 February 2012
Official name
LVII New Zealand Grand Prix
Location
Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance
35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 miles)
Weather
Fine
Pole position
Driver
Mitch Evans
Giles Motorsport
Time
1:03.392
Fastest lap
Driver
Mitch Evans
Giles Motorsport
Time
1:04.235 on lap 22
Podium
First
Nick Cassidy
Giles Motorsport
Second
Hannes van Asseldonk
Giles Motorsport
Third
Lucas Auer
Giles Motorsport
Motor car race
The 2012 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 12 February 2012. It was the fifty-seventh New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2012 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.
Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 17-year-old New Zealander Nick Cassidy who became the who became the second teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after sixteen-year-old Mitch Evans the previous year.[2]
The Giles Motorsport team dominated the race, filling all three podium positions. Dutch driver Hannes van Asseldonk finished second, 05 seconds behind Cassidy. Third was Austrian driver Lucas Auer. Cassidy inherited the lead after the retirement of fellow Giles Motorsport driver and defending champion Mitch Evans who held a three-second lead when his car failed on lap 28.[3] Completing Giles Motorsport's dominance of the race, Brazilian driver Bruno Bonifacio finished fourth. Nathanaël Berthon was the first driver from any other team, finishing fifth for M2 Competition.
Cassidy's win also wrapped up a success championship campaign for Cassidy, winning his first major championship with the 2012 Toyota Racing Series crown.
^"mylaps.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^"Evans becomes youngest Grand Prix winner". Toyota Racing Series. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
^"Cassidy claims GP title". Stuff. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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