2012 New Zealand Grand Prix

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.

2012 New Zealand Grand Prix
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 mi)
Distance 35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 mi)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver
Giles Motorsport
Time 1:03.392
Fastest lap
Driver Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
Time 1:04.235 on lap 22
Podium
First
Giles Motorsport
Second
Giles Motorsport
Third
Giles Motorsport

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.

Classification

Results:[1]

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsGap
1 2 Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 40m 18.328s
2 16 Hannes van Asseldonk Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +0.5
3 15 Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +4.8
4 5 Bruno Bonifacio Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +7.8
5 52 Nathanaël Berthon M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +8.4
6 7 Jono Lester ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +11.7
7 6 Felix Serralles Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +12.3
8 20 Dmitry Suranovich Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +18.3
9 8 Melvin Moh ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +24.2
10 43 Tanart Sathienthirakul M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +28.2
11 4 Chris Vlok Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +28.3
12 88 Michela Cerruti Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +28.7
13 9 Ken Smith ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +39.9
14 51 Sheban Siddiqi M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35 +1:01.7
15 11 Shahaan Engineer ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 34 + 1 lap
16 87 Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 30 + 5 laps
DNF 1 Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 28 Engine
DNF 10 Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 17
DNF 53 Raffaele Marciello M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 15
DNF 42 Jordan King M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 4

References
  1. "mylaps.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  2. "Evans becomes youngest Grand Prix winner". Toyota Racing Series. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  3. "Cassidy claims GP title". Stuff. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Preceded by
2011 New Zealand Grand Prix		 New Zealand Grand Prix
2012		 Succeeded by
2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
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