Nick Cassidy

Nick Cassidy
Nick Cassidy
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	19 August 1994; Auckland, New Zealand
Super GT career
Debut season	2015
Current team	TOM's
Car number	37
Former teams	Team Up Garage with Bandoh
Starts	35
Wins	4
Poles	2
Fastest laps	2
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; 2019	Toyota Racing Series; New Zealand Grand Prix; All-Japan Formula 3; Super GT; Super Formula

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.

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	Sabre Motorsport	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
2010–11	Western Springs Speedway – International Midget Series	HLR Racing	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	Composit Motorsport	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†
	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	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	ThreeBond with T-Sport	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	Petronas Team TOM'S	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	Prema Powerteam	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
2017	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
2018	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	Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	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
2019-20	Formula E	Envision Virgin Racing	Test driver
2020	Super GT	Toyota Gazoo Racing Team KeePer Tom's	2	1	1	1	1	29	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.
^* Season still in progress.

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†
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen																												HOC 1 24	HOC 2 21	HOC 3 16				NC†	0†
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 4	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	2nd*	29*

^* Season still in progress.

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

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References

"Profile" Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (nickcassidy.co.nz; retrieved 4 February 2012)
"Driver Profile" (toyotaracing.co.nz; 2012-02-04; pages 3,4)
"After conquering Japan, what next for Nick Cassidy?". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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
Preceded by Mitch Evans	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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[1] "Profile" Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (nickcassidy.co.nz; retrieved 4 February 2012)

[TRS-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.