Toyota Racing New Zealand revealed both a new brand and a brand new car for the annual Toyota Racing Series (TRS) - check out all the images from the launch.
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Toyota Racing New Zealand revealed both a new brand and a brand new car for the annual Toyota Racing Series (TRS) - check out all the images from the launch.
Toyota Racing NZ becomes part of the global ‘GAZOO’ family, while a beefed-up FT-60 is unveiled for the 2020 Toyota Racing Series.
After five weeks, fifteen races, and an intense championship battle, your 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series champion is rookie Liam Lawson!
Liam Lawson has won the 64th New Zealand Grand Prix and the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series after Marcus Armstrong was awarded a five-second racing penalty.
With the penalty, Marcus Armstrong is six points behind championship leader Liam Lawson heading into the New Zealand Grand Prix.
American Cameron Das has taken the reverse-grid victory in the final weekend of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, while Liam Lawson managed to stay ahead of Marcus Armstrong in the championship fight.
Marcus Armstrong has taken out the first race of the New Zealand Grand Prix weekend, holding the lead from the first lap after a storming start.
Castrol Toyota Racing Series rivals Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong were almost inseparable in Friday practice, and this continued in the first qualifying session, the pair swapping fastest times through the fifteen minute session.
These two championship rivals are so close that it is actually pointless making any comparisons or gaining anything from this.
“I think the first three rounds, every single race the championship was going back and forth points-wise, and it's really nice to come into the final weekend leading.”
“I like these trophies and all, but the championship is the one that I want.”
With so many changes across the world of open-wheeled racing for 2019, and both key drivers eager to start their 2019 campaigns on a high, tensions will be high and the New Zealand Grand Prix is bound to be one to remember.
This result leaves the championship on a knife-edge heading into the New Zealand Grand Prix, with Lawson on a provisional 278 points ahead of Armstrong’s 273 points.
Muth was able to hold off the challenge from behind, and the top three finished the race as they had finished the first lap, with Leitch in second and Lawson in third.
The TRS championship battle tightens as Marcus Armstrong finishes last at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park.