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2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship

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The 2023 Castrol Toyota Racing Series is planned to be the eighteenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. It is scheduled to start in January of 2023.

Entry list

All drivers are scheduled to compete with identical Tatuus FT-60 chassis cars powered by 2.0L turbocharged Toyota engines. After the 2021 season was run without any officially recognized teams, a planned return to a team-based format was announced.[1]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Kiwi Motorsport 5 Brazil Lucas Fecury[2] TBC
mtec Motorsport 8 Australia Tom McLennan[3] TBC
M2 Competition 17 New Zealand Callum Hedge[4] TBC
101 Australia Ryder Quinn[5] TBC
Giles Motorsport 66 United States Ryan Shehan[6] TBC

Race calendar

Two years in a row, the championship was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic: the 2021 season had a heavily shortened calendar compared to previous seasons and the 2022 season was cancelled entirely.[7][8]

As New Zealand's border restrictions are set to be eased in late 2022, the 2023 season will see the return of a pre-pandemic calendar, with rounds on both the North and the South Island.[9] On 30 May 2022, a five-round calendar was announced.[10] The round at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park was later confirmed to become the 67th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix.[11]

Round Circuit Date
1 Highlands Motorsport Park
(Cromwell, Otago) 		13–15 January
2 Teretonga Park Raceway
(Invercargill, Southland) 		20–22 January
3 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
(Feilding, Manawatu District) 		27–29 January
4 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 		3–5 February
5 Taupo International Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Waikato) 		10–12 February

References

  1. ^ "Homologation for FT-60s W Series stand in completed". Toyota NZ. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  2. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-09-01). "Lucas Fecury the first driver to sign up for 2023 Toyota Racing Series". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  3. ^ "Aussie Porsche racer McLennan returns to single seaters for 2023 TRS". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  4. ^ "Hedge back in single seaters for TRS championship challenge". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ "Quinn to take on 2023 Castrol TRS with M2 Competition". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-10-19). "US F4 race-winner Ryan Shehan signs up for Toyota Racing Series". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  7. ^ Allen, Peter (2020-11-17). "Toyota Racing Series season to run over three rounds in 2021". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  8. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2022-01-11). "New Zealand Grand Prix called off for first time since 2001". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  9. ^ "Toyota Racing Series set to return to normal in 2023". VelocityNews. 2022-02-18. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  10. ^ "Castrol TRS confirms full 2023 calendar dates". Toyota NZ. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-11-15). "TRS finally confirms Hampton Downs as venue of 2023 New Zealand GP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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