Nick Cassidy

































































Nick Cassidy
2018 Super Formula Championship, Autopolis (43107029551).jpg
Nationality
New Zealand New Zealander
Born
(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 24)
Auckland, New Zealand

Super GT career
Debut season 2015
Current team TOM's
Car no. 1
Former teams Team Up Garage with Bandoh
Starts 25
Wins 3
Poles 1
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 1st in 2017
Previous series

2015
2014
2013-16
2012-13-14
2011-12-13-14
2011
2011
2011
2010–11
All-Japan Formula 3
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
European Formula 3
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Toyota Racing Series
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Formula Abarth
ADAC Formel Masters
Australian Formula Ford
Championship titles

2012-13
2012-13-14
2015
2017
Toyota Racing Series
New Zealand Grand Prix
All-Japan Formula 3
Super GT

Nick Cassidy (born 19 August 1994)[1] is a New Zealand racing driver. He is best known for being one of the most successful drivers in history of the Toyota Racing Series.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Career summary


    • 2.1 Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results


    • 2.2 Complete Super GT results


    • 2.3 Complete Super Formula Results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career


Cassidy began his racing career in karting when he was six years old. He remained in karting until 2010. He also participated in midget races since he was eight years old.[2]


Since 2008 Cassidy has been racing in the formula racing series. After driving in Formula First championships, he started in Formula Ford championships in New Zealand and Australia. In 2009 he became runner-up in the New Zealand Formula First championship and 2010 he was runner-up in the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. Both times he was Rookie of the year.[2]




Cassidy placed 14th in the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship in a Mygale SJ11a


2011 Cassidy began the year for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series. After 5 podium finishes he won two of three races at the last racing weekend. He became Rookie of the year and runner-up[2] behind his teammate Mitch Evans. Moreover, he started to a few races in the Australian Formula Ford Championship, the ADAC Formel Masters and the Formula Abarth. So he made his first racing experiences in Europe. Furthermore, he competed in 5 races of the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. 2012 Cassidy participates in the Toyota Racing Series again. He stayed with Giles Motorsport. With 3 victories and 7 podium finishes he leads the championship after the 11th race.




Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa were 2017 GT500 champions in the #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500.




Career summary


































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Season
 Series
 Team
 Races
 Wins
 Poles
F.L.
 Podiums
 Points
 Position
2008
 Formula First Manfeild Winter Series
Sabre Motorsport
 12
 3
 2
 2
 9
 782
1st
2008–09
 Formula First New Zealand
 24
 8
 2
 8
 16
 1439
2nd
2009
 Tony Oliver Contracting Formula Ford NZ Winter Series
 ?
 6
 3
 2
 3
 3
 225
 7th
2009–10
 Weldwell New Zealand Formula First Championship
 ?
 3
 1
 1
 1
 3
 195
 26th
Western Springs Speedway – F2 Midgets
 HLR Racing
 8
 7
 0
 7
 8
 290
1st
ZOAGN NZ Formula Ford Championship
 BNT/Fuchs Motorsport
 18
 8
 3
 5
 14
 1090
2nd
2010
Australian Formula Ford Championship
 Evans Motorsport Group
 3
 0
 0
 0
 1
 26
 15th
2010–11
 Western Springs Speedway – Midgets
 HLR Racing
 3
 0
 0
 0
 1
 36
 20th
Western Springs Speedway – International Midget Series
 4
 0
 0
 0
 0
 25
 14th
2011
Toyota Racing Series
 Giles Motorsport
 15
 2
 1
 3
 7
 805
2nd

Australian Formula Ford Championship
 Evans Motorsport Group
 2
 0
 0
 0
 1
 22
 14th

Formula Abarth European Series
 Composit Motorsport
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 6
 17th
Campionato Italiano Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 6
 17th

ADAC Formel Masters
 ma-con Motorsport
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 8
 22nd

V8 Supercar Series
Greg Murphy Racing
 5
 0
 0
 0
 0
 153
 31st
2012
Toyota Racing Series
 Giles Motorsport
 14
 4
 0
 3
 9
 914
1st

V8SuperTourers Endurance Championship
M3 Racing
 2
 1
 0
 0
 2
 1852
1st‡

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Fortec Motorsport
 6
 0
 0
 0
 0
 8
 24th
2013
Toyota Racing Series
 Giles Motorsport
 15
 2
 0
 6
 10
 915
1st

FIA Formula 3 European Championship
EuroInternational
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 NC†

Carlin
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
AVF
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 NC†
2014
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Koiranen GP
 10
 0
 0
 0
 0
 20
 18th

FIA Formula 3 European Championship
 ThreeBond with T-Sport
 6
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 NC†

Macau Grand Prix
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 N/A
3rd

Toyota Racing Series
 Neale Motorsport
 2
 1
 2
 1
 1
 91
 24th

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
 China BRT by JCS
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 33rd
2014–15
Toyota Finance 86 Championship
 Neale Motorsport
 6
 3
 1
 4
 6
 202
 11th
2015
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship
Petronas Team TOM'S
 17
 7
 7
 6
 13
 129
1st

Macau Grand Prix
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 N/A
 12th

FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Prema Powerteam
 6
 0
 0
 0
 2
 43
 16th

Super GT - GT300
 Team Up Garage with Bandoh
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 NC
2016
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Prema Powerteam
 30
 1
 1
 1
 8
 254
 4th

Macau Grand Prix
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 N/A
 DNF

Super GT
Lexus Team TOM'S
 8
 0
 0
 0
 2
 54
 5th
2017
Super GT
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
 8
 2
 1
 0
 4
 84
1st

Super Formula
Kondō Racing
 7
 0
 1
 0
 1
 7
 10th
2018
Super GT
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
 8
 1
 0
 0
 4
 75
2nd

Super Formula
Kondō Racing
 6
 1
 1
 1
 4
 37
2nd

† As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
‡ Nick only competed the first round at Taupo Motorsport Park with co-driver Jack Perkins while Greg Murphy took over for the next rounds at Pukekohe and Ruapana Park. With combined results, Nick, Greg and Jack finished 1st in the championship.



Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results


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Year
 Entrant
 Engine
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
 30
 31
 32
 33
 DC
 Points

2013
EuroInternational
Mercedes
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NOR
1
16
NOR
2
11
NOR
3
11
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
VAL
1
VAL
2
VAL
3





NC†
 0†

Carlin
Volkswagen



























HOC
1
24
HOC
2
21
HOC
3
16



2014
ThreeBond with T-Sport
NBE
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
MSC
1
MSC
2
MSC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
IMO
1
11
IMO
2
12
IMO
3
22
HOC
1
16
HOC
2
19
HOC
3
18
 NC†
 0†

2015
Prema Powerteam
Mercedes
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
ALG
1
32
ALG
2
Ret
ALG
3
9
NÜR
1
2
NÜR
2
6
NÜR
3
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
 16th
 43

2016
Prema Powerteam
Mercedes
LEC
1
2
LEC
2
2
LEC
3
2
HUN
1
Ret
HUN
2
16
HUN
3
9
PAU
1
2
PAU
2
16
PAU
3
Ret
RBR
1
6
RBR
2
Ret
RBR
3
10
NOR
1
6
NOR
2
4
NOR
3
6
ZAN
1
2
ZAN
2
1
ZAN
3
2
SPA
1
4
SPA
2
17
SPA
3
5
NÜR
1
4
NÜR
2
Ret
NÜR
3
5
IMO
1
10
IMO
2
7
IMO
3
8
HOC
1
3
HOC
2
Ret
HOC
3
4


4th
 254

† As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.



Complete Super GT results


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Year
 Team
 Car
 Class
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 DC
 Points

2015
 Team Up Garage with Bandoh
Toyota 86
 GT300
OKA
FUJ
CHA
FUJ
SUZ
21
SUG
AUT
MOT
 NC
 0

2016
Lexus Team TOM'S
Lexus RC F
 GT500
OKA
8
FUJ
4
SUG
11
FUJ
5
SUZ
2
CHA
11
MOT
3
MOT
4
 5th
 54

2017
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
Lexus LC 500
 GT500
OKA
1
FUJ
3
AUT
6
SUG
10
FUJ
6
SUZ
6
CHA
1
MOT
2
 1st
 84

2018
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
Lexus LC 500
 GT500
OKA
3
FUJ
7
SUZ
3
CHA
8
FUJ
2
SUG
14
AUT
1
MOT
4
 2nd
 75


Complete Super Formula Results


(Races in bold indicate pole position)
















































Year
 Entrant
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 DC
 Points

2017
Kondō Racing
SUZ
17
OKA
3
OKA
11
FUJ
Ret
MOT
5
AUT
Ret
SUG
19
SUZ
C
SUZ
C
 10th
 7

2018
Kondō Racing
SUZ
7
AUT
C
SUG
2
FUJ
1
MOT
3
OKA
5‡
SUZ
2

2nd
 37

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.



References





  1. ^ "Profile" Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (nickcassidy.co.nz; retrieved 4 February 2012)


  2. ^ abc "Driver Profile" (toyotaracing.co.nz; 2012-02-04; pages 3,4)




External links







  • Official website


  • Nick Cassidy career summary at DriverDB.com























Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mitch Evans
Toyota Racing Series
Champion
2012–2013
 Succeeded by
Andrew Tang

New Zealand Grand Prix
Winner
2012–2014
 Succeeded by
Lance Stroll
Preceded by
Nobuharu Matsushita
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship
Champion
2015
 Succeeded by
Kenta Yamashita
Preceded by
Heikki Kovalainen
Kohei Hirate
Super GT
GT500 Champion
2017
With: Ryo Hirakawa
 Succeeded by
Jenson Button
Naoki Yamamoto



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