2012 New Zealand Grand Prix
| 2012 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2012 Toyota Racing Series | |||
| File:Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg | |||
| 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 | Giles Motorsport | ||
| Time | 1:03.392 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | |
| Time | 1:04.235 on lap 22 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Giles Motorsport | ||
| Second | Giles Motorsport | ||
| Third | Giles Motorsport | ||
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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.
Results
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.178 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | New Zealand Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.391 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Brazil Bruno Bonifacio | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.518 | 3 |
| 4 | 52 | France Nathanaël Berthon | M2 Competition | 1:03.711 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.791 | 5 |
| 6 | 15 | Austria Lucas Auer | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.817 | 6 |
| 7 | 10 | United Kingdom Josh Hill | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.967 | 7 |
| 8 | 42 | United Kingdom Jordan King | M2 Competition | 1:03.980 | 8 |
| 9 | 87 | New Zealand Damon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.146 | 9 |
| 10 | 53 | Italy Raffaele Marciello | M2 Competition | 1:04.201 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés | Giles Motorsport | 1:04.285 | 11 |
| 12 | 43 | Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul | M2 Competition | 1:04.353 | 12 |
| 13 | 7 | New Zealand Jono Lester | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.403 | 13 |
| 14 | 4 | New Zealand Chris Vlok | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.492 | 14 |
| 15 | 20 | Russia Dmitry Suranovich | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.584 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | Malaysia Melvin Moh | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.729 | 16 |
| 17 | 88 | Italy Michela Cerruti | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.809 | 17 |
| 18 | 11 | India Shahaan Engineer | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.847 | 18 |
| 19 | 9 | New Zealand Ken Smith | ETEC Motorsport | 1:05.394 | 19 |
| 20 | 51 | India Sheban Siddiqi | M2 Competition | 1:05.950 | 20 |
| Source(s):[4] | |||||
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | New Zealand Nick Cassidy | Giles Motorsport | 35 | 40min 18.327sec | 2 |
| 2 | 16 | Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 0.509s | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | Austria Lucas Auer | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 4.800s | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | Brazil Bruno Bonifacio | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 7.772s | 3 |
| 5 | 52 | France Nathanaël Berthon | M2 Competition | 35 | + 8.363s | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | New Zealand Jono Lester | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 11.723s | 13 |
| 7 | 6 | Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 12.294s | 11 |
| 8 | 20 | Russia Dmitry Suranovich | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 18.280s | 15 |
| 9 | 8 | Malaysia Melvin Moh | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 24.164s | 16 |
| 10 | 43 | Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul | M2 Competition | 35 | + 28.179s | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | New Zealand Chris Vlok | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 28.265s | 14 |
| 12 | 88 | Italy Michela Cerruti | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 28.683s | 17 |
| 13 | 9 | New Zealand Ken Smith | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 39.874s | 19 |
| 14 | 51 | India Sheban Siddiqi | M2 Competition | 35 | + 1:01.730s | 20 |
| 15 | 11 | India Shahaan Engineer | ETEC Motorsport | 34 | + 1 lap | 18 |
| 16 | 87 | New Zealand Damon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 30 | + 5 laps | 9 |
| Ret | 1 | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Giles Motorsport | 28 | Engine | 1 |
| Ret | 10 | United Kingdom Josh Hill | ETEC Motorsport | 17 | Retired | 7 |
| Ret | 53 | Italy Raffaele Marciello | M2 Competition | 15 | Retired | 10 |
| Ret | 42 | United Kingdom Jordan King | M2 Competition | 4 | Retired | 8 |
| Source(s):[5] | ||||||
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Q6C Toyota Racing Series - Super Pole". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Race 20 Toyota Racing Series - NZ Grand Prix". Retrieved 7 June 2022.