The 2011 Toyota Racing Series was the seventh running of the

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. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier

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motorsport category. Defending champion

Mitch Evans Mitchell William Evans (born 24 June 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing driver. He currently drives for the Jaguar TCS Racing team in Formula E. In 2012, he won the GP3 Series and he raced in the GP2 Series for four years, achieving ...

of Giles Motorsport retained both his International Trophy and main series titles, joining

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as the only drivers to have won the Series on more than one occasion, after enjoying a successful championship campaign. Evans took seven race victories – including becoming the youngest-ever winner of the

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– and fourteen podium finishes out of a possible fifteen races. Evans clinched both championship titles at

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after his closest rival at the time,

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elected not to attend the final meeting of the season at Taupo due to testing commitments in Europe. Pye fell to fourth in the championship standings after strong weekends for Nick Cassidy and Jamie McNee allowed them to overhaul Pye's points tally. Cassidy, another Giles Motorsport driver, finished as top rookie after taking the round victory at Taupo which included his first two race wins in the Series, and he also took five further podium finishes as he finished 168 points behind Evans. McNee, in his second season in the championship, took his first race victories, winning at

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and

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as well as a second place at Taupo to finish 47 points clear of Pye. Russian driver

Daniil Kvyat Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

finished the best of the five European drivers in the series, finishing in fifth place for Victory Motor Racing with a solitary victory at Manfeild. Two other drivers won races during the season, Russia's

Ivan Lukashevich Ivan Andreyevich Lukashevich ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Лукаше́вич, p=ɪˈvan ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪtɕ lʊkɐˈʂevʲɪtɕ, born 9 May 1991) is a Russian racing driver. He was part of the Marussia Motors driver development pr ...

, like fellow countryman Kvyat won at Manfeild, and Britain's Alex Lynn won at Teretonga.

Teams and drivers

Calendar

The first four rounds were part of the International Trophy.

Results

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' Championship

References

External links

Official website of the Toyota Racing Series
{{New Zealand Toyota Racing Series Toyota Racing Series