Formula 3

Kiwi youngster Nick Cassidy became the Toyota Racing Series champion for a second consecutive time after closest rival Lucas Auer was hit with a penalty after the second race at Manfeild, before going on to win the final race of the season.

The battle for the Toyota Racing Series title will go down to the final race after Lucas Auer flew to victory in race two to maintain his chances of overhauling Nick Cassidy.

Steijn Schothorst stormed to his first Toyota Racing Series victory in the first race of the final weekend of the campaign at Manfeild, the Dan Higgins Memorial Trophy.

Alex Lynn boosted his championship hopes in the Toyota Racing Series finale at Manfeild by taking a double pole position in a revised qualifying format ahead of the season finale at Manfeild.

Nick Cassidy, Felix Serralles and Lucas Auer topped the timesheets in the three respective Friday practice sessions of the final round of the Toyota Racing Series season at Manfeild.

Nick Cassidy and Alex Lynn were the drivers to beat in the two respective Thursday practice sessions at Manfeild for the finale of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series season.

The Italian racing squad RP Motorsport has announced a four-driver lineup for the 2013 season of European F3 Open, fielding two cars in “Class A” (on Dallara F312 cars) and two cars in “Copa F308” (Dallara F308 cars).

Mitch Evans completed a double victory on his one-off return to the Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs, winning the New Zealand Motor Cup feature race.

Nick Cassidy extended his points lead in the defence of his Toyota Racing Series as he finally claimed his first victory of the 2013 campaign in race two at Hampton Downs.

Mitch Evans made a winning return to action in the Toyota Racing Series as he claimed victory in race one at Hampton Downs. Evans was chased home by Alex Lynn, following a restart for a first lap crash that saw Bruno Bonifacio fly into the air over the back of Jann Mardenborough.

Mitch Evans has started his 2013 season by claiming a double pole position for his one-off return to the Toyota Racing Series for the Hampton Downs round. It was far from a walkover for the GP3 champion though, with rookie Jann Mardenborough finishing a fine second in the opening session, just 0.052 seconds away, while he denied Alex Lynn by a mere one thousandth of a second in Q2.

Alex Lynn might have started out Friday at Hampton Downs as the quickest man on track, but it didn’t take long for 2010-11 Toyota Racing Series champion Mitch Evans to get up to speed, allowing him to display commandeering pace in the following afternoon sessions.

Mitch Evans will contest this weekend’s Toyota Racing Series round at Hampton Downs, returning to the series he won in 2010 and 2011.

Alex Lynn claimed his second victory of the Toyota Racing Series weekend at Taupo, with a lights-to-flag victory in the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy feature race.

With the top four from race one reversed, Bruno Bonifacio got to start race two of the Toyota Racing Series round at Taupo from pole – an opportunity he used the most out of, leading the race lights-to-flag.

Alex Lynn took a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the first race of the Toyota Racing Series weekend at Taupo.

Alex Lynn topped both qualifying sessions for round three of the Toyota Racing Series at Taupo, securing pole for races one and three. Qualifying one saw the times descend rapidly…

The third round of the Toyota Racing Series at Taupo saw the first time during the year that all practice sessions were topped by different people. On Thursday, Lucas Auer and Nick Cassidy were unsurprisingly in charge, yet Friday saw the likes of Bruno Bonifacio, Andrew Tang and Alex Lynn record quickest times in given sessions.

Lucas Auer remains the man to beat in the Toyota Racing Series as action got underway at Taupo for round three, the points leader posting the fastest time in Thursday practice.

Hector Hurst has signed with Emilio de Villota Motorsport to compete in the European F3 Open.