Quick Facts
Biography
Nick Cassidy (born 19 August 1994) 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 |
| European Formula 3 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 | Toyota Racing Series | Neale Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 24th |
| European Formula 3 Championship | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Koiranen GP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18th | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | China BRT by JCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | |
| Macau Grand Prix | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | |
| 2014–15 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | Neale Motorsport | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 202 | 11th |
| 2015 | European Formula 3 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 | |
| All-Japan Formula 3 | Petronas Team TOM'S | 17 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 129 | 1st | |
| Macau Grand Prix | TOM'S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th | |
| 2016 | European Formula 3 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 254 | 4th |
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
| Super GT – GT500 | Lexus Team TOM'S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 5th |
†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 European Formula 3 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |