2016 Toyota Racing Series – Manfeild, Race 2, Leitch Wins Race, Norris Claims Title

Leitch Wins Manfeild Sunday Preliminary Invercargill’s Brendon Leitch has provided New Zealand with its first victory in this year’s Toyota Racing Series at Manfeild this morning. And Lando Norris’ fourth place was enough to confirm him as the series champion ahead of this afternoon’s New Zealand Grand Prix. “I thought the others were a bit…

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Manfeild, Race 1, Habsburg Wins First Race of Weekend

Habsburg Wins Thrilling Manfeild Opener Ferdinand Habsburg came from fifth on the grid to claim a thrilling win in the first of three Toyota Racing Series races at Manfeild this afternoon. He led home Christchurch’s James Munro who was equally impressive in claiming another second, with championship leader Lando Norris finishing third. “Those safety cars…

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Women in Charge

Women Help Keep TRS on Track Women are making inroads into the pit lane of Australasia’s top single seater motor racing series. Engineers, data analysts and mechanic’s positions are all held by females in teams competing in the Toyota Racing Series which culminates with the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild on Sunday (Feb 14)….

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Randle Returns to the TRS Fray

Randle Returns for Grand Prix Australian Thomas Randle will become the 17th international driver from 13 different countries when he competes in the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild, this weekend. Randle came 10th in the Toyota Racing Series last summer when he raced at all five rounds, finishing third at Ruapuna and Taupo. His…

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Manfeild, Schedule

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Manfeild, Schedule The Toyota Racing Series concludes with the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild this weekend February 13th/14th. There are two Kiwis, Brendon Leitch (Invercargill) and James Munro (Christchurch) in the top eight on the points table and both have been on the podium at the last three rounds….

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Race 3, Final Results

Race 3 1st – No. 31, Lando Norris*, GBR, M2 Competition, 20 laps, 31:37.586 2nd – No. 5, Pedro Piquet, BRA, M2 Competition, gap 3.453 3rd – No. 33, Guan Yu Zhou*, CHN, M2 Competition, gap 12.304 4th – No. 62, Ferdinand Habsburg, AUT, Giles Motorsport, gap 15.516 5th – No. 86, Brendon Leitch, NZL,…

2016 Toyota Racing Series – Points After 12 of 15 Races

Points After 4 of 5 Meetings 1st, Lando Norris*, 735 points 2nd, Pedro Piquet, 649 points 3rd, Guan Yu Zhou*, 634 points 4th, Jehan Daruvala, 626 points 5th, Brendon Leitch, 597 points 6th, Ferdinand Habsburg, 550 points 7th, Artem Markelov, 493 points 8th, James Munro, 455 points 9th, Taylor Cockerton*, 406 points 10th, Devlin DeFrancesco*,…