Tag: Brendon Leitch

  • TRS: Lawson retakes points lead from Armstrong at Taupo

    TRS: Lawson retakes points lead from Armstrong at Taupo

    The 2019 Toyota Racing Series (TRS) title will be decided in the final weekend as Liam Lawson retook the points lead from Marcus Armstrong at Taupo after a win and three podiums. The penultimate weekend at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo started off with the qualifying and race from the Teretonga weekend as M2…

  • TRS: Armstrong’s double win at Hampton Downs puts him in points lead

    TRS: Armstrong’s double win at Hampton Downs puts him in points lead

    M2 Competition’s Marcus Armstrong ‘s double win at Hampton Downs has put the Ferrari junior in the lead of the 2019 Toyota Racing Series. Marcus Armstrong has taken over the points lead from teammate Liam Lawson with the former having 203 in his kitty to 169 for the latter after two wins at Hampton Downs…

  • TRS: Lawson and Leitch share wins in Round 1 at Highlands Park

    TRS: Lawson and Leitch share wins in Round 1 at Highlands Park

    Liam Lawson and Brendon Leitch shared wins in the opening round of 2019 Toyota Racing Series at Highlands Motorsport Park in Otago. M2 Competition’s Lawson started the 2019 TRS season on a solid note with a win in Race 1 on Saturday after starting from the front-row. He made a quick work of pole-sitter and…

  • Armstrong, Auer lead 2019 Toyota Racing Series entry list

    Armstrong, Auer lead 2019 Toyota Racing Series entry list

    Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong and Red Bull junior Lucas Auer are among the 16 drivers to have entered for the 2019 Toyota Racing Series. The winter single-seater series where the drivers can earn FIA’s F1 superlicense points will feature 16 drivers in the 2019 season starting later this weekend (January 10-13) at Highlands Motorsport Park…

  • Shwartzmann claims Toyota Racing Series title

    Shwartzmann claims Toyota Racing Series title

    The last round of Toyota Racing Series, held at Chris Amon Circuit, in Feilding, has finished with two wins for Richard Verschoor and one for Brendon Leitch. However, Robert Shwartzmann has had enough with taking two second places and a fourth to be crowned series champion. Marcus Armstrong, who started the weekend as the championship…

  • Correa, Leitch and Shwartzmann win in Taupo

    Correa, Leitch and Shwartzmann win in Taupo

    The penultimate round of the Toyota Racing Series season, held at the Bruce McLaren Motorsports Park in Taupo, has finished with wins for Juan Manuel Correa, Brendon Leitch and Robert Shwartzmann, respectively. The Russian and the New Zealander take their first wins this season and the fight for the title is wide open with just…

  • Leitch takes dominant win in TRS at Taupo

    Leitch takes dominant win in TRS at Taupo

    Invercargill’s Brendon Leitch has taken a dominant win in this afternoon’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series race, his first of this summer, at Taupo with a fine drive from third place on the grid. After the frustrations of the last two weekends, Leitch reveled in the victory. “Last weekend was bad and we nearly won here…

  • Verschoor wins Teretonga Saturday Race after Randle relegation

    Verschoor wins Teretonga Saturday Race after Randle relegation

    Thomas Randle from Melbourne took a lights to flag victory in the opening race of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga Park, Invercargill this afternoon, only to be penalised 10 seconds for jumping the start. That relegated him to seventh place, elevating championship leader Richard Verschoor (Netherlands) and local Brendon Leitch and Pedro Piquet…

  • Brendon Leitch secures Toyota Racing Series drive

    Brendon Leitch secures Toyota Racing Series drive

    Invercargill driver Brendon Leitch is the third New Zealand driver to commit to the 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. This will be the 21 year old Southlander’s fourth tilt at the series but it is the first time he has known weeks ahead of the season that he has a full budget to go head…

  • Norris wins Spirit of Nation Trophy at Teretonga

    Norris wins Spirit of Nation Trophy at Teretonga

    Lando Norris has taken his second victory in Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga Park, New Zealand. Brendon Leitch and Artem Markelov completes the podium. Lando Norris lead flag-to-flag and increase his championship lead with Artem Markelov who had to overtook Habsburg and Ptak, for a final third position today. Second position was for Kiwi Brendon…

  • Leitch took a home win in Teretonga

    Leitch took a home win in Teretonga

    Brendon Leitch took an historic victory in the Spirit of a Nation feature race, becoming the first local driver to win the ‘home’ Toyota Racing Series feature race, the Spirit of a Nation. Just 19 years old and in his second season of TRS, Leitch has struggled to fully fund his racing but drove the…