The 2018–2019 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the sixth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 2 November 2018 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 10 March 2019 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.
Teams and drivers edit
All teams are New-Zealand registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neale Motorsport | 7 |  Sam Wright
|
1–4 |
| 53 | Jaden Ransley[1]
|
1–4 | |
| International Motorsport | 9 | Connor Adam[2]
|
1–4 |
| 10 | Brock Gilchrist
|
1–4 | |
| 97 | Campbell Stewart
|
1–4 | |
| Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport | 15 | Kaleb Ngatoa[3]
|
1–4 |
| CareVets Racing Team | 17 | Callum Hedge[4]
|
1–4 |
| 18 | Arran Crighton[4]
|
1–4 | |
| Darkhorse Racing | 21 | Andrew Jackson[5]
|
1, 4 |
| 98 | Leo Bult[5]
|
2–3 | |
| Jordan Baldwin Motorsport | 23 | Jordan Baldwin
|
1–4 |
| Jacob Cranston Motorsport | 31 | Jacob Cranston[6]
|
1–4 |
| Genweld | 71 | Tony Austin
|
1–2 |
| Hamilton Motorsports | 83 | Mitch Hughes
|
1–4 |
| Peter Vodanovich Motorsport | 84 | Peter Vodanovich[7]
|
1–4 |
| Toyota Racing New Zealand | 86 |  Jake Klien
|
1 |
| M2 Competition | 95 | Connor Davison
|
1–4 |
| Allen Racing Team | 99 | Justin Allen[8]
|
1–4 |
Race calendar and results edit
All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.[9]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |||||||
| 1 | R1 | Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland |
November 2–4 | Jordan Baldwin
|
Callum Hedge
|
Connor Adam
|
International Motorsport |
| R2 | Jordan Baldwin
|
Callum Hedge
|
Connor Adam
|
International Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Jake Klien
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit) Pukekohe, Auckland |
December 7–9 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Arran Crighton
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport |
| R2 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago |
January 11–13 | Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team |
| R2 | Callum Hedge
|
Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Jaden Ransley
|
Peter Vodanovich
|
Peter Vodanovich Motorsport | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Teretonga Park, Invercargill Southland |
January 18–20 | Jaden Ransley
|
Callum Hedge
|
Jordan Baldwin
|
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport |
| R2 | Jaden Ransley
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Jordan Baldwin
|
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Jaden Ransley
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Circuit Chris Amon Feilding, Manawatū District |
February 8–10 | Jaden Ransley
|
Connor Adam
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport |
| R2 | Jaden Ransley
|
Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Hampton Downs, North Waikato |
March 9–10 | Callum Hedge
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team |
| R2 | Callum Hedge
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
Championship standings edit
In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the finish. All races counted towards the final championship standings. [10]
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Pos. | Driver | PUK1 | PUK2 | HIG | TER | CCA | HAM | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum Hedge
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1138 | |||||||||
| 2 | Jaden Ransley
|
3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1038 | |||||||||
| 3 | Jordan Baldwin
|
2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 957 | |||||||||
| 4 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Ret | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 895 | |||||||||
| 5 | Brock Gilchrist
|
5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 787 | |||||||||
| 6 | Arran Crighton
|
13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 785 | |||||||||
| 7 | Kaleb Ngatoa
|
15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 781 | |||||||||
| 8 | Connor Adam
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 777 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jacob Cranston
|
11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 654 | |||||||||
| 10 | Campbell Stewart
|
12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 637 | |||||||||
| 11 | Sam Wright
|
10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 543 | |||||||||
| 12 | Connor Davison
|
14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 541 | |||||||||
| 13 | Justin Allen
|
7 | 8 | 16 | Ret | DSQ | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 9 | 538 | |||||||||
| 14 | Andrew Jackson
|
8 | 11 | 7 | 396 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Leo Bult
|
14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 312 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Mitch Hughes
|
9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 215 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jake Klien
|
6 | 6 | 5 | 143 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Tony Austin
|
16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 102 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | PUK1 | PUK2 | HIG | TER | CCA | HAM | Points | ||||||||||||
| Colour | Result |
|---|---|
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Withdrew (WD) | |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Excluded (EX) |
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
References edit
- ^ "Ransley back for Toyota 86 Championship challenge". Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Connor Adam first off the line for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "KALEB NGATOA TARGETING TITLE CHALLENGE AS CAREER MOMENTUM BUILDS". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Crighton and Hedge Win CareVets Toyota 86 Scholarship". Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "DARK HORSE RACING DUO TAKE STEP UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Top ten the goal for karting sensation Cranston". Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ^ "FROM PLAYSTATION TO CIRCUIT, PETER VODANOVICH STEPS UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ "MAZDA PRO7 CHAMPION JUSTIN ALLEN JOINS TOYOTA 86 GRID". Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship - Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2017.