2019 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2019 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 10 February 2019. It was the sixty-fourth New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event also served as the third race of the fifth round of the 2019 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.[1]

2019 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2019 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date 10 February 2019
Official name LXIV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 106.155 km (65.975 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver M2 Competition
Time 1:02.388
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
Time 1:04.065 on lap 32
Podium
First M2 Competition
Second M2 Competition
Third MTEC Motorsport

Report edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No Driver Team Time Grid
1 22   Lucas Auer M2 Competition 1:02.388 1
2 10   Liam Lawson M2 Competition 1:02.411 2
3 8   Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 1:02.536 3
4 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:02.902 4
5 30   Esteban Muth M2 Competition 1:02.971 5
6 28   Cameron Das M2 Competition 1:02.984 6
7 7   Raoul Hyman Giles Motorsport 1:03.053 7
8 9   Petr Ptáček Giles Motorsport 1:03.080 8
9 12   Artem Petrov M2 Competition 1:03.081 9
10 54   Calan Williams MTEC Motorsport 1:03.098 10
11 5   Petru Florescu MTEC Motorsport 1:03.100 11
12 36   Kazuto Kotaka MTEC Motorsport 1:03.201 12
13 11   Jackson Walls MTEC Motorsport 1:03.232 13
14 66   Parker Locke Victory Motor Racing 1:03.400 14
15 16   Thomas Smith Giles Motorsport 1:03.463 15
16 21   Dev Gore Giles Motorsport 1:03.918 16
17 48   Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 1:05.444 17
Source(s): [2]

Race edit

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 10   Liam Lawson M2 Competition 35 39min 52.929sec 2
2 8   Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 35 + 2.582 s1 3
3 36   Kazuto Kotaka MTEC Motorsport 35 + 10.995 s 12
4 7   Raoul Hyman Giles Motorsport 35 + 13.036 s 7
5 30   Esteban Muth M2 Competition 35 + 13.499 s2 5
6 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 35 + 13.653 s 4
7 66   Parker Locke Victory Motor Racing 35 + 15.817 s 14
8 48   Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 34 + 1 lap 17
Ret 21   Dev Gore Giles Motorsport 15 Accident 16
Ret 11   Jackson Walls MTEC Motorsport 15 Accident 13
Ret 22   Lucas Auer M2 Competition 12 Accident 1
Ret 28   Cameron Das M2 Competition 12 Accident 6
Ret 54   Calan Williams MTEC Motorsport 12 Accident 10
Ret 16   Thomas Smith Giles Motorsport 12 Accident damage 15
Ret 12   Artem Petrov M2 Competition 12 Suspension 9
Ret 9   Petr Ptáček Giles Motorsport 7 Spun off 8
DNS 5   Petru Florescu MTEC Motorsport 0 Did Not Start 11
Source(s): [3][4][5]

Notes

1.^Armstrong was given a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver (Lawson) off the road.
2.^Muth was given a five-second time penalty for 'breach of driving conduct'.

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/02/10/lawson-takes-trs-title-with-new-zealand-grand-prix-win/ Lawson takes TRS title with New Zealand Grand Prix win. Speedcafe. 10 Feb 2019.
  2. ^ "NZ Grand Prix 2019 - Qual 11" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ "NZ Grand Prix 2019 - Race 25" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. ^ "16-year-old wins New Zealand Grand Prix". 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Lawson beats Armstrong to TRS title with NZGP win". Retrieved 18 February 2019.
Preceded by Toyota Racing Series
2018
Succeeded by
end of season
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
2019
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