The Toyota Racing Series is one of only two FIA Grand Prix outside Formula One, yet it was created in New Zealand purely to foster young driving talent.
Funded by Toyota New Zealand, it introduces drivers to a competitive open-wheeled "wings and slicks" format in which all the cars are
identical, with only suspension tuning and wing angle changes allowed.
The aim is to keep costs pinned, and to give drivers a level playing field.
The carbon fibre chassis are built in Italy to carry an all-aluminium 1.8-litre Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine running on 85-15 ethanol-petrol blend, with the chassis bought or leased, and the engine leased for the series and maintained by Toyota New Zealand.
Because the cars are so similar, racing is exceptionally competitive, and with 15 races in five rounds across five weekends, TRS is a high-speed hothouse with the world's young guns all jostling to make their name.
