Nick Cassidy

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

Nick Cassidy
Nationality New Zealander
Born (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Super GT career
Debut season2015
Current teamTOM's
Car number37
Former teamsTeam Up Garage with Bandoh
Starts33
Wins3
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish1st 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
2019		Toyota Racing Series
New Zealand Grand Prix
All-Japan Formula 3
Super GT
Super Formula

Career

Nick Cassidy began his racing career in Karting when he was just six years old and remained in Karting till 2010. He participated in midget races from the age of eight.[2]

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

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

In 2011, Cassidy began the year for Giles Motorsport, in the Toyota Racing Series. After five podium finishes, he won two of three races on the last race weekend. He was named Rookie of the year and runner-up[2], behind his teammate Mitch Evans.

Cassidy started a few races in the Australian Formula Ford Championship, such as the ADAC Formel Masters and the Formula Abarth. He competed in five races in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. In 2012, Cassidy participated in the Toyota Racing Series again, remaining with Giles Motorsport. In two consecutive weeks of 2018, Cassidy lost final-round races in the Super Formula and Super GT.

In 2019, he completed the 'triple crown' in the Japanese motorsport.[3]

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 Japanese 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
2019 Super GT Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 8 1 0 1 4 83 2nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Super Formula Vantelin Team TOM'S 7 1 0 1 4 36 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup HubAuto Corsa 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD AIM Vasser Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 26 49th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Ferrari 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series Eurasia Motorsport 3 0 1 1 0 13 9th
Formula E Envision Virgin Racing Test driver

† 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

(key)

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

(key)

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
2019 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA
12		 FUJ
7		 SUZ
2		 CHA
2		 FUJ
4		 AUT
3		 SUG
4		 MOT
1		 2nd 83
2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing Team KeePer Tom's Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 FUJ (1)
 FUJ (2)
 SUZ (1)
 MOT (1)
 FUJ (3)
 SUZ (2)
 MOT (2)
 FUJ (4)
 * *

Complete Super Formula Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
2019 Vantelin Team TOM'S SUZ
1		 AUT
8		 SUG
4		 FUJ
3		 MOT
3		 OKA
10		 SUZ
2		 1st 36

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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2019 AIM Vasser Sullivan GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY
5		 SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 49th 26

References
  1. "Profile" Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (nickcassidy.co.nz; retrieved 4 February 2012)
  2. "Driver Profile" (toyotaracing.co.nz; 2012-02-04; pages 3,4)
  3. "After conquering Japan, what next for Nick Cassidy?". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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		 Japanese 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
Preceded by
Naoki Yamamoto		 Super Formula
Champion
2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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