Teretonga TRS: Verschoor dominates Race 3 as Randle goes off
Red Bull junior Richard Verschoor extended his Toyota Racing Series championship lead by taking the Spirit of a Nation trophy at Teretonga.
Verschoor inherited the lead from Thomas Randle on Lap 6, the Australian leading the early stages of the race from second on the grid.
Despite a strong start to the race, Randle went off and subsequently dropped down to fourth, letting Verschoor, Ferdinand Habsburg and Jehan Daruvala through.
He quickly regained a spot as Habsburg, who was putting pressure on Verschoor, dropped down the order a lap later.
Verschoor's advantage was more than four seconds afterwards and the Dutchman kept increasing the gap to eventually win by a dominant 10.9s.
Indian Daruvala secured second with a safe gap over Randle, who had to settle for third.
Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong finished fourth following a late move on pole-sitter Brendon Leitch.
The TRS veteran dropped to fourth place on Lap 1 and lost another position to Daruvala soon afterwards.
He eventually ended up seventh as not only Armstrong but Race 2 winner Pedro Piquet and Kami Laliberte overtook him as well.
The top 10 was rounded out by Enaam Ahmed, Taylor Cockerton and Christian Hahn.
Race 3 results:
| Pos. | Driver | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Richard Verschoor |
|
| 2 |  Jehan Daruvala |
10.930s |
| 3 |  Thomas Randle |
14.427s |
| 4 |  Marcus Armstrong |
14.757s |
| 5 |  Pedro Piquet |
19.004s |
| 6 |  Kami Laliberte |
20.837s |
| 7 | Brendon Leitch |
21.633s |
| 8 |  Enaam Ahmed |
22.643s |
| 9 | Taylor Cockerton |
22.680s |
| 10 | Christian Hahn |
30.632s |
| 11 |  Nikita Lastochkin |
37.327s |
| 12 |  Shelby Blackstock |
37.824s |
| 13 |  Thomas Neubauer |
38.542s |
| 14 | Luis Leeds |
40.682s |
| 15 | Harry Hayek |
41.885s |
| 16 | Jean Baptiste Simmenauer |
44.299s |
| 17 |  Keyvan Andres Soori |
45.707s |
| 18 |  Ferdinand Habsburg |
47.111s |
| 19 | Ameya Vaidyanatahan |
47.889s |
| 20 | Kory Enders |
+1 lap |
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